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ORDINANCES 


OF  THE 

CORPORATION  OF  GEORGETOWN 


An  ORDINANCE  declaring  that  the  election  of  all 
officers  of  the  Corporation  shall  be  made  with  closed 
doors. 

Approved  31st  December,  1821. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Boards  of  Aldermen  and  Common 
Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That,  from 
and  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  the  election 
of  all  officers  of  the  Corporation  shall  be  made  with 
closed  doors,  and  in  joint  meeting  of  the  two  boards. 


An  ORDINANCE  respecting  the  Penitentiary, 
Approved  31st  December,  1821, 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  the  Board 
of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That,  from  and  after  the  first  Monday  of  January  next, 
the  captain  of  the  watch,  for  the  time  being,  shall  reside 
in,  and  be  the  keeper  of  the  penitentiary ; and  shall  ap- 
propriate a part  of  the  house  for  the  accommodation  of 
the  watch. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained,  That  all  suspicious 
persons  found  in  the  streets  after  ten  o’clock  at  night, 
shall  be  taken  up  and  lodged  in  the  penitentiary,  and  the 
next  morning  carried  before  the  Mayor,  or  some  justice 
of  the  peace  within  the  Corporation,  to  be  dealt  with  ac- 


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cording  to  law  ; and  the  keeper  of  the  penitentiary  shall 
not  be  entitled  to  receive  any  pay  or  compensation  for 
the  performance  of  these  duties. 


A RESOLUTION  to  reduce  the  salaries  of  the  watch- 

mem 

Approved  11th  January,  1822. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That, 
from  and  after  the  first  day  of  February  next,  the  sala- 
ries of  each  of  the  watchmen  shall  be  two  hundred  dol- 
lars per  annum,  and  no  more  ; and  the  salary  of  the  cap- 
tain of  the  watch  shall  continue,  as  heretofore,  to  be  three 
hundred  dollars  per  annum. 


An  ORDINANCE  appointing  commissioners  to  settle 
the  accounts  of  Jacob  Mountz,  late  collector. 

Approved  25th  January,  1822. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  Thomas  Corcoran,  sen.  and  James  A.  Magruder, 
be  appointed  commissioners  to  audit  and  settle  the  ac- 
counts of  Jacob  Mountz,  late  collector;  the  said  com- 
missioners shall  settle  the  said  accounts  on  principles  of 
equity,  and  shall  have  power  to  allow  credits  for  all  such 
sums  as  could  not  have  been  collected  in  consequence  of 
insolvencies,  injunctions,  or  other  legal  impediments, 
which,  in  their  opinions,  should,  in  justice,  be  credited 
to  him. 

Sec,  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained,  That,  in  all  cases 
where  the  said  commissioners  shall  disagree,  the  same 


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shall  be  submitted  to  the  Mayor,  whose  decision  shall  be 
final ; and,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  their  office, 
the  said  commissioners  shall  take  an  oath  or  affirmation, 
to  decide  on  all  the  cases  which  shall  come  before  them, 
to  the  best  of  their  knowledge  and  judgment. 


An  ORDINANCE  for  locating  a fish  market,  and  pro- 
viding for  renting  the  wharf  property  belonging  to  the 
Corporation. 

Approved  21st  February,  1822. 

Be  it  ordained  by  th 5 Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board 
of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That,  hereafter,  the  fish  market,  during  the  season  of 
fishing  for  shad  and  herrings,  shall  be  held  on  the  Cor- 
poration wharf,  lying  south  of  Market  space,  including 
that  part  formerly  leased  to  Samuel  Turner,  jr.s  and  with- 
in such  limits  as  the  Mayor  may  direct  \ and  the  Mayor 
shall  lay  out  on  said  property  as  many  stands  as  he  may 
deem  advisable ; at  which  stands  it  shall  be  lawful  for 
any  person  having  a tavern  license  within  the  Corpora- 
tion, to  sell  liquors  during  the  fishing  season,  which  shall 
be  construed  to  commence  on  the  first  day  of  April,  and 
to  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  June  in  each  year. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  farther  ordained , That  all  fresh  fish 
brought  to  market  during  the  fishing  season,  shail  be 
landed  within  the  limits  aforesaid  ; and  that  no  person 
shall  clean  any  fish  at  the  said  market,  except  on  boards 
or  platforms,  so  constructed  that  the  blood  and  offal  shall 
be  discharged  into  the  water. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  farther  ordained , That  the  Mayor 
shall  advertise,  and  sell  to  the  highest  bidder,  by  the  first 
Monday  of  March  ensuing,  the  use  of  the  aforesaid  wharf, 
for  a term  not  exceeding  two  years,  requiring  of  the  pur« 
chaser  or  renter,  satisfactory  security  for  the  punctual 
payment,  quarter-yearly,  to  the  clerk  of  the  corporation, 


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of  the  rent  that  may  he  agreed  upon  ; and,  also,  that  the 
said  wharf  shall,  during  the  fishing  season,  be  used  ex- 
clusively for  the  fish  market  ; and  the  Mayor  shall  grant 
to  the  said  purchaser  or  renter,  all  the  privileges  herein- 
before named,  with  the  right  to  collect  twelve  and  a half 
cents  wharfage  on  every  hundred  shad,  and  the  like  sum 
for  every  thousand  herrings  that  may  be  landed  thereon, 
and  no  more;  and  the  further  right  of  using  the  said 
wharf,  after  the  fishing  season,  for  ordinary  purposes. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  further  ordained,  That  every  person 
violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  shall 
forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  each  offence,  to 
be  recovered  before  the  Mayor,  or  any  justice  of  the 
peace  for  the  county  of  Washington,  one-half  to  be  paid 
upon  recovery,  to  the  informer,  and  the  other  half  for  the 
use  of  the  corporation. 

Sec.  5 And  be  it  further  ordained , That  it  is  hereby 
made  the  duty  of  the  second  police  officer  to  attend  gen- 
erally, during  the  fishing  season,  at  the  said  fish  market* 
and  take  care  that  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  be  ob- 
served, and  report  to  the  Mayor  any  infractions  that  may 
take  place  ; and  it  shall  also  be  his  duty,  under  the  di- 
rection of  the  Mayor,  to  see  that  the  canal  be  kept  clean, 
by  having  the  sediment,  &c.  throwui  out,  and  removed  a§ 
often  as  it  accumulates  in  any  quantity. 

Sec.  6.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  Mayor  is 
hereby  authorized  to  have  the  said  wharf  property  gradu- 
ated and  well  gravelled,  before  the  fishing  season  com- 
mences, and  his  orders  on  the  clerk  for  all  such  expenses 
are  hereby  ordered  to  be  paid,  and  charged  to  the  wharf ; 
and  it  is  made  the  duty  of  the  clerk  to  credit  the  said  ac? 
count  with  all  the  rents  that  may  be  collected* 


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An  ORDINANCE  to  repeal  part  of  an  Ordinance,  ap- 
proved the  10th  of  February,  1821,  entitled  “An  Or- 
dinance for  the  better  regulating  of  the  market  in 
Georgetown,”  and  for  other  purposes. 

Approved  8th  March,  1822. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  oj  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown 
That,  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  the 
eighth  and  ninth  sections  of  the  above-mentioned  ordi- 
nance  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  repealed. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained,  That  it  shall  not 
he  lawful  for  any  person  or  persons,  who  follow  the  busi- 
ness of  a huckster,  or  any  person  employed  by  him,  her, 
or  them,  to  purchase,  or  cffer  to  purchase,  contract  or 
bargain  for,  in  any  way  or  manner  whatever,  any  kind 
of  fruit,  vegetables,  dead  meat,  wild  fowl,  poultry,  butter, 
lard,  tallow,  eggs,  meal,  or  fresh  fish,  within  the  limits 
of  the  market,  or  which  may  be  coming  to  market,  and 
within  the  jurisdiction  of  this  corporation,  during  market 
hours,  in  greater  quantity  than  may  be  sufficient  for  the 
maintenance  of  his,  her,  or  their  family,  for  tw*o  days; 
under  a penalty  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each  and 
every  offence,  one  half  to  the  informer,  and  the  other  half 
to  the  use  of  this  corporation. 


An  ORDINANCE  providing  for  the  redemption  of  the 
coiporation  bills. 

Approved  22d  March,  1822. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  the  Board 
of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  John  Kurtz,  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  and  John 
Marbury  and  Samuel  McKenney,  of  the  Board  of  Com- 


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mon  Council,  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  appointed  a com- 
miitee,  with  authority,  and  they  are  requested  to  cause 
two  thousand  impressions  to  be  printed  from  the  plate 
lately  engraved  for  the  use  of  this  corporation,  and  to  der 
liver  the  same,  when  prepared,  to  the  Mayor,  in  such 
sums  as  may  appear  to  said  committee  necessary  and 
proper,  to  be  by  him  signed,  taking  his  receipt  for  the 
same ; and,  when  the  said  notes  are  so  signed,  the 
Mayor  shall  return  the  same  to  the  committee,  and  his 
receipt  thereupon  returned,  to  be  by  them  delivered  to 
the  clerk,  they  taking  his  receipt  therefor;  and  that  the 
said  notes  shall  be  countersigned,  dated,  and  numbered, 
by  the  clerk,  and  that  the  clerk  shall  enter  in  a book,  to 
be  kept  for  the  purpose,  an  accurate  register  of  the  date, 
denomination,  and  number  of  each  note,  by  him  issued, 
as  hereinafter  provided. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  clerk,  when  the  said  notes  have  been 
signed,  dated,  numbered,  and  registered  as  aforesaid,  to 
make  a special  deposit  of  the  same  in  the  Bank  of  Co- 
lumbia, to  the  credit  of  his  official  account,  to  be  drawn 
by  him  exclusively  for  the  redemption  of  the  old  issues 
oi  bills  of  this  corporation,  in  his  own,  or  the  hands  of 
third  persons,  and  for  no  other  purpose:  Provided , hoic- 
ever,  when  the  said  notes  shall  have  come  to  the  treasury, 
by  the  redemption  of  old  bills  in  the  hands  of  the  clerk, 
pr  in  payment  of  public  dues,  they  may  be  re-issued  by 
the  Clerk,  in  payment  of  the  appropriations  of  this  cor- 
poration. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  said  com- 
mittee shall  have  power  to  cause  such  additional  number 
of  impressions  to  be  printed  from  the  said  plate  as  they 
shall  find  necessary,  to  effect  the  complete  redemption  of 
the  old  bills  of  this  corporation,  and  to  deliver  the  same 
to  the  Mayor  and  Clerk,  to  be  signed,  numbered,  dated, 
registered,  issued,  and  re-issued,  in  manner  aforesaid, 
taking  receipts  as  before : Provided , however , that  the 


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said  committee  shall  not  have  power  to  put  into  circula- 
tion, at  any  time,  a larger  sum  of  said  notes  than  twenty 
thousand  dollars. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  farther  ordained j That  the  clerk 
shall  assort,  and  put  up  in  bundles  of  fifty  dollars  each, 
the  old  notes  of  this  corporation,  when  redeemed  as 
aforesaid,  to  be  delivered  by  him,  monthly,  to  the  said 
committee,  to  be  by  them  re-counted  and  burned ; and 
that  the  said  committee  grant  receipts  to  the  clerk  for 
such  amount  of  said  notes  as  shall  be  by  them  destroyed, 
from  time  to  time ; that  the  said  plate,  and  all  impres- 
sions from  the  same,  remaining  in  the  hands  of  said  com- 
mittee, and  the  receipts  of  the  clerk  for  such  as  may  be 
delivered  to  him,  from  time  to  time,  shall  be  deposited 
by  the  said  committee,  and  kept  in  some  place  of  safety, 
to  be  delivered  over  by  them,  annually,  to  such  persons 
as  the  corporation  shall  appoint  to  succeed  them  in  the 
discharge  of  duties  hereby  imposed  on  said  committee. 

Sec.  5.  And  be  it  farther  ordained , That  the  sum  of 
two  hundred  and  seventy-five  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is 
hereby,  appropriated  for  the  payment  of  the  expense  of 
engraving  said  plate,  and  printing  and  issuing  the  said 
notes,  to  be  paid  to  the  order  of  the  Mayor,  out  of  any 
money  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated. 


A SUPPLEMENT  to  the  Ordinance  relating  to  Dogs. 

Approved  29th  March,  1822. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That, 
instead  of  the  present  tax  for  a license  to  keep  an  animal 
of  the  dog  kind,  the  following  tax  be  paid  for  such  li- 
cense, that  is  to  say  : five  dollars  for  each  and  every 
male  of  the  dog  kind,  and  for  each  and  every  female  ani- 
mal of  the  dog  kind,  twenty  dollars ; and  all  parts  of 


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former  ordinances,  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this 
supplement,  and  only  such  parts,  be,  and  the  same  are 
hereby,  repealed. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  ordained , That  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  police  officers  to  call  on  all  persons  owning,  or 
having  in  their  custody,  or  suffering  to  be  about  their 
premises,  any  animal  of  the  dog  kind,  for  the  keeping  of 
which  a license  has  not  been  taken  out,  and  to  demand 
of  such  person  or  persons  the  delivering  up  of  any  and 
every  such  dog  ; and  any  such  person  failing  or  refusing 
so  to  deliver  up  such  dog  or  dogs  to  said  police  officers, 
shall,  for  each  and  every  offence,  forfeit  and  pay  a fine 
not  exceeding  twent)  dollars,  to  be  recovered  before  the 
Mayor,  or  any  justice  of  the  peace  for  the  county  of 
Washington. 


RESOLVE  respecting  the  vending  of  spirituous  liquors 
on  the  fish  wharf,  contrary  to  law. 

Approved  22d  April,  1822* 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Coancil  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  Mayor  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  requested  to  ascertain 
whether  any  person  or  persons  have  been  guilty  of  vend- 
ing spirituous  liquors  on  the  fish  wharf,  contrary  to  the 
provisions  of  the  ordinance  granting  tavern  license  ; and* 
if  any  such  violation  shall  hereafter  occur,  to  punish  the 
same  as  the  aforesaid  ordinance  directs  ; and  that  he  in- 
struct the  police  officers  to  attend  at  the  said  wharf  on 
the  Sabbath,  and  prevent  the  sale  of  liquors  to  citizens 
on  that  day,  and  to  prevent  all  kinds  of  disorder  on  said 
whaif,  and  particularly  improper  assemblages  of  negroes. 


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A RESOLUTION  authorizing  John  Mason  to  remove 
his  Fe  ry. 

Approved  7th  May,  1822. 

Whereas  application  hath  been  made  to  this  corpora- 
tion, by  John  Mason,  the  proprietor  of  the  ferry  kept 
across  the  Potomac,  at  Georgetown,  stating  that  he  is 
about  to  ply  at  said  ferry  a boat,  or  boats,  propelled  by 
horses,  of  recent  invention  ; that,  from  the  experience 
had  in  boats  of  that  description,  there  is  cause  to  believe 
that  the  reason  which  induced  the  removal  of  the  said 
ferry  some  years  ago,  (as,  among  other  things,  provided 
for  in  a deed  of  indenture,  made  between  him  and  the 
Mayor,  Recorder,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Council  of 
Georgetown,  on  the  first  day  of  June,  in  the  year  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  five,)  will,  because  of  the 
superior  speed  of  such  boats,  no  longer  exist  ; that  the 
passage  of  boats  will  not,  at  certain  times,  be  so  injuri- 
ously affected  at  the  place  where  the  ferry  was  formerly 
kept,  as  where  it  is  now  kept;  and  that,  on  this  account, 
it  may  be  as  w^ell  to  the  pubdc  convenience  and  to  his 
interest,  that  it  should  be  carried  back  to  the  place  where 
it  was  formerly  kept ; that  he  is  willing  to  make  the  ex. 
periment  at  his  own  expense,  provided  such  removal  shall 
not  be  construed  to  lessen  the  rights  and  privileges  vested 
in  him,  or  to  affect  the  stipulations  entered  into  with  him 
by  the  corporation,  in  the  before- mentioned  deed  of  in- 
denture ; and  provided,  for  the  time  being,  the  same 
rights  and  privileges,  as  to  the  landing  place,  and  the 
passage  of  the  boats,  be  extended  to  him  for  the  place 
contemplated  to  make  the  experiment : And  whereas  the 
corporation  are  willing  to  yield  every  reasonable  facility 
toward  the  object  contemplated  : Therefore, 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  said  John  Mason  and  his  representatives  be,  and  they 

are  hereby,  authorized  to  remove  the  said  ferry  from  the 
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present  passage,  between  the  island  and  the  end  of  Wa- 
ter street,  (n<  w called  High  street,)  to  the  former  pass- 
age between  the  main  land  and  the  end  of  Frederick 
street,  without,  in  any  degree,  lessening  the  rights  and 
privileges  vested  in  him,  or  affecting  the  stipulations  en- 
tered into  with  him,  bv  the  corporation,  in  the  herein- 
before mentioned  indenture;  and  that  he  and  they  shall 
there  have  and  enjoy  the  same  rights  and  privileges  that 
he  now  possesses  at  the  present  passage  and  landing 
place  ; and  particularly,  that  he  and  they  shall  have  the 
right  of  occupying  and  improving,  as  to  him  or  them 
may  seem  fit,  for  the  convenience  of  landing  and  taking 
off  passengers,  protecting  the  boats,  and  the  easy  access 
of  carriages,  the  whole  width  of  Frederick  street,  from 
the  south  side  of  Water  street,  so  far  as  the  same  can  be 
done  without  contravening  any  of  the  acts  of  the  State  of 
Maryland,  or  of  Congress  ; and  further,  that,  if,  on  trial, 
it  shall  not  be  found,  in  the  opinion  of  the  said  John 
Mason,  or  his  representatives,  to  the  advantage  of  the 
said  ferry  to  continue  to  keep  it  at  the  aforesaid  passage 
from  the  main  land  to  the  end  of  Frederiek  street,  then, 
and  in  such  rase,  he  or  they  shall  be  at  liberty,  at  any 
time  within  three  years  from  the  date  of  this  Resolution, 
and  not  after,  to  bring  the  said  ferr)  hack  to  ils  present 
situation,  and  there  to  continue  to  ply  the  boats  as  here- 
tofore : Provided,  that  during  the  time  that  the  said  ferry 
shall  be  kepi  at  the  passage  between  the  main  land  and 
the  end  of  Frederick  street,  the  Corporation  shall  have 
all  the  rights,  and  enjoy  all  the  advantages,  of  the  pro- 
perty on  High  street ; and  if,  on  trial,  it  should  be  found, 
in  the  opinion  of  the  said  John  Mason,  or  his  represen- 
tatives, to  the  advantage  of  the  said  ferry  to  keep  it  at 
the  aforesaid  passage  from  the  main  land  to  the  end  of 
Frederick  street,  more  than  three  years  from  the  date  of 
this  Resolution,  that  then  he  shall  execute  to  the  Corpo- 
ration a release  of  so  much  of  his  contract  as  relates  to 
the  present  landing  ; and  the  Corporation  shall  grant  to 


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him  all  the  rights  in  the  landing  on  Frederick  street,  sub- 
ject to  the  restrictions  of  said  acts  of  Assembly  and  of 
Congress,  which  he  now  has  in  the  present  landing. 

And  be  it  further  Resolved , That  the  assent,  in  writ- 
ing, of  the  said  John  Mason,  to  the  conditions  of  the 
aforegoing  Resolution,  shall  be  lodged  with  the  Mayor, 
precedent  to  the  extension  of  his  privileges  to  Frederick 
street,  made  therein  ; and  that  the  said  assent,  in  writing 
be  handed  over  by  the  Mayor  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Corpo- 
ration for  safe  keeping. 

And  be  it  further  Resolved , That  the  aforegoing  pre- 
amble and  Resolutions  shall  be  substituted  for,  and  taken 
in  lieu  of,  the  resolutions  approved  the  nineteenth  day  of 
April,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  twenty-two,  in 
relation  to  the  same  subject ; and  that  the  said  last  men- 
tioned resolutions  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  repealed. 


An  ORDINANCE  for  repaving  Bridge,  High  and 
Water  streets,  including  Market  Space. 

Approved  16th  May,  1822. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , that 
at  the  first  meeting  of  the  Corporation  after  the  passage 
of  this  Ordinance,  there  be  appointed,  by  joint  ballot  of 
the  two  boards,  a superintendant  on  each  of  the  follow- 
ing streets,  that  is,  Bridge,  High,  and  Water  streets,  in- 
cluding Market  Space  with  Water  street,  each  of  whom 
shall  receive,  for  their  services,  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents 
per  day,  while  employed  in  the  work  of  superintending 
the  repaving;  removable,  however,  at  the  pleasure  of 
this  Corporation  ; and,  in  the  event  of  a vacancy,  it  shall 
be  filled  by  the  Mayor,  during  the  recess  of  the  Corpo- 
ration. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  each  of  the 
said  superintendants  be,  and  they  are  hereby  authorized 


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and  required  to  cause  the  street  on  which  he  is  appointed 
superintendent  to  be  repaved,  where,  in  his  judgment,  it 
is  necessary,  and  repaired  on  those  parts  where  it  can  be 
advantageously  done,  so  that  the  work  shall  be  done  in  a 
substantial,  durable,  and  workmanlike  manner;  and  that 
the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  here- 
by, appropriated  to  defray  the  expenses  of  the  said  work. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  each  of  the  said  superintendants  to  purchase 
all  necessary  materials,  and  to  have  all  the  work,  relative 
to  the  said  streets,  done  by  skilful  persons,  to  be  engag- 
ed by  him  in  behalf  of  this  Corporation,  and  employed 
under  bis  immediate  superintendarice  : Provided , however9 
that  neither  of  the  said  superintendants  shall  employ  his 
own  hands,  horses  or  carts,  or  any  in  which  he  may  be 
interested  ; or  be  concerned,  directly  or  indirectly,  in  any 
contract,  or  contracts,  whereby  a profit  may  accrue  for 
work  to  be  done,  or  materials  to  be  found,  under  his  di- 
rection or  superintendance,  as  officers  of  this  Corpora- 
tion, under  a penalty  of  twenty  dollars  for  each  and  every 
offence,  to  be  recovered  as  other  small  debts  are,  for  the 
use  of  this  Corporation. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  each  of  the 
said  superintendams  shall  keep  a book,  in  which  he  shall 
enter  the  names  of  all  laborers,  and  the  number  of  horses 
and  carts,  employed  by  him,  together  with  the  number  of 
days  they  are  employed  in  each  week,  and  their  daily  pay  ; 
and  shall,  on  the  afternoon  of  Saturday  in  each  week, 
make  out  and  subscribe  the  proceedings  of  the  past  week, 
in  he  following  form: 


What 
work  or 
employ- 
ment. 

Labor- 

ers’ 

names. 

Carts 

and 

horses. 

Monday. 

Tuesday 

JO 

Vj: 

s 

D 

£ 

Thursday. 

eO 

£ 

Saturday. 

Rate 

of 

wages 

Ain’t 

of 

wages 

•’  * ‘ 

which  said  weekly  account,  subscribed  by  the  sqperin- 
tendants,  shall  be  delivered  to  the  Mayor,  who,  being 
satisfied  as  to  its  fairness  and  correctness,  shall  thereupon 
draw  an  order,  or  warrant,  on  the  Clerk  of  the  Corpora- 
tion, for  the  payment  of  the  amount  thereof  to  the  said 
superintendant,  and  the  same  shall  be  filed  in  the  Clerk’s 
office,  as  a voucher  for  the  amount  of  money  thereupon 
paid  *,  and  each  of  the  said  superintendents  shall,  at  the 
expiration  of  the  time  of  his  employment,  deposit  said 
original  book  with  the  Clerk,  to  remain  in  his  office  as 
other  public  documents. 

Sec.  5.  And  be  it  farther  Ordained , That,  for  the  pay* 
ment  of  all  materials  purchased  by  said  superintendents 
on  account  of  the  said  work,  they  shall  certify  each  res- 
pective debt  or  claim  to  the  Mayor,  who,  being  satisfied 
as  to  the  fairness  and  justness  thereof,  shall  thereupon 
draw  an  order  or  warrant,  on  the  Clerk  of  this  Corporation 
for  the  payment  of  the  amount  thereof  to  the  respective 
holders  ; which  said  warrant,  when  paid,  shall  be  filed  iq 
the  Clerk’s  office,  as  a voucher  for  the  amount  of  money 
thereupon  paid ; and  the  said  superintendents,  before 
entering  upon  the  duties  of  the  said  office,  shall  take  an 
oath  or  affirmation,  and  g;ve  bonds,  in  the  penalty  of  five 
hundred  dollars  each,  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the 
duties  of  the  said  office. 

Sec.  6.  And  be  it  further  Ordained , That  the  Mayor, 
Daniel  Kurtz,  Romulus  Riggs,  and  Clement  Smith,  are 
hereby  appointed  commissioners,  and  are  authorized  and 
requested  to  open  books,  for  a loan  of  ten  thousand  dol- 
lars, at  an  interest  not  exceeding  six  per  centum  per  an- 
num, payable  quarter-yearly  at  the  Bank  of  Columbia, 
for  the  use  of  this  corporation  ; which  said  loan  shall  he 
irredeemable  (unless  with  the  consent  of  the  lenders)  for 
ten  years  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance;  and,  for 
the  purpose  of  facilitating  said  loan,  the  Mayor  is  author- 
ized to  issue  certificates  of  stock,  under  his  hand  and  the 
seal  of  this  corporation,  for  sums  of  money  not  less  than 


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fifty  dollars,  or  exceeding  one  thousand,  upon  the  terms 
aforesaid  ; and  the  said  stock  shall  be  transferable  on  the 
books  of  this  corporation,  in  person,  or  by  attorney. 

Sec.  7.  And  be  it  further  Ordained , That  the  faith  and 
funds  of  this  corporation  are  hereby  pledged  for  the  punc- 
tual payment  of  interest,  and  reimbursement'^  principal , 
and  the  clerk  is  hereby  directed  to  pay  the  interest  as  it 
may  become  due,  out  of  any  money  in  his  hands  not 
otherwise  appropriated. 

Sec.  8.  And  be  it  further  ordained  That  the  clerk  shall 
place  the  sum  of  four  thousand  dollars  to  the  credit  of 
Bridge  street,  three  thousand  dollars  to  the  credit  of  High 
street,  and  three  thousand  dollars  to  the  credit  of  Water 
street  and  Market  space  ; and  that  the  price  for  labor  and 
materials  to  be  used  on  said  streets,  shall  be  the  same  on 
each. 


An  ORDINANCE  levying  a general  tax  for  the  year 
eighteen  hundred  and  twenty-two. 

Approved  17th  May,  1822. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board 
of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown^ 
That  there  be  levied  and  imposed  a tax  of  thirty-seven 
and  a half  cents  on  every  hundred  dollars  worth  of  real 
and  personal  property  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Cor- 
poration, according  to  the  assessment  made  in  pursuance 
of  an  ordinance  passed  on  the  tirst  day  of  July,  eighteen 
hundred  and  twenty,  or  which  may  be  included  in  any 
additional  assessment,  embracing  improvements  made, 
and  property  acquired,  and  brought  within  the  limits  of 
the  town,  since  the  last  assessment  of  the  tirst  of  July, 
eighteen  hundred  and  twenty. 

Sec.  2 Be  it  further  ordained,  That  William  Thom, 
son,  jr.,  appointed  collector  on  the  first  Monday  of  Jan- 
uary last,  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  required  to  collect  the 


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tax  imposed  by  this  ordinance,  on  or  before  the  first  day 
ol  September  next,  and  pa)r  the  same  over  to  the  Clerk  of 
the  Corporation,  as  it  shall  be  collected  ; and,  if  any  per- 
son shall  refuse  or  negiect  to  pay  the  tax  hereby  imposed, 
and  the  same  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the  first  day  of  No- 
vember it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  the  collector  to 
execute  the  property  of  such  defaulter  for  the  amount  due, 
including  his  execution  fee  of  two  dollars,  first  giving  at 
least  thirty  days  public  notice,  in  one  of  the  newspapers 
of  the  towm,  to  persons  residing  within  the  District  of 
Columbia,  and  sixty  days  notice  to  persons  residing 
without  the  District  of  Columbia,  of  the  time  and  place 
of  sale,  before  any  such  sale  shall  take  place  : Provided , 
that  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  collector  to  deliver  to  each 
individual,  if  to  be  found  within  the  town,  an  account  o* 
the  said  tax,  at  least  twenty  days  before  the  same  shall  be 
demanded. 

Sec.  3 And  be  it  farther  Ordained , That,  before  the 
said  Collector  shall  commence  the  execution  of  his  of- 
fice, under  this  Ordinance,  he  shall  give  bond  and  secur- 
ity, to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor,  in  the  sum  of  twenty 
thousand  ollars,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance 
of  the  dudes  that  are,  or  may  be,  imposed  on  him  as  Col- 
lector, by  this  or  any  other  Ordinance  that  has  been,  or 
may  be,  passed  by  this  Corporation,  during  the  continu- 
ance of  sa.d  Collector  in  office  ; and  that  he  will  well  and 
truly  pay  over  the  Tax  to  he  collected  in  virtue  of  this 
Ordinance,  and  all  other  Taxes,  of  whatever  nature  or 
description,  that  he  may  be  authorized  to  collect,  accord- 
ing to  the  terms  and  conditions,  and  within  the  time  or 
times  limited  in  this,  or  any  other  ordinance  that  has 
been,  or  may  be,  passed  during  his  continuance  in  office. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  farther  ordained , That  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  said  collector  to  exhibit  a clear  and  satis- 
factory account  of  his  proceedings  in  the  collection  afore- 
said, and  finally  to  adjust  and  settle  his  accounts  for  the 
collection  aforesaid,  with  the  said  clerk,  on  or  before  the 
first  day  of  February  next. 


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Sec.  5.  Be  if  further  ordained , That  if,  by  means  of 
insolvencies,  or  other  legal  impediments,  the  said  collec- 
tor shall  be  prevented  from  collecting  the  whole  of  the 
tax  imposed  by  this  or  any  other  ordinance,  on  or  before 
the  said  first  day  of  February  next,  ii  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  collector  to  render  to  the  Ma;  yor  a list  of  such  de- 
linquents, noting  hereon  the  amount  of  tax  due  by  each 
of  them,  together  with  the  causes  which  may  have  pre- 
vented the  collection  thereof;  and  if  the  said  Mayor,  to- 
gether  with  two  members  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  shall 
be  satisfied  therewith,  they  shall  thereupon  direct  the 
Clerk  to  credit  the  said  collector  with  the  amount  of  tax 
due  by  such  delinquents  respectively,  and  which  could 
not,  for  the  causes  before  stated,  be  collected. 

Sec.  6.  Be  it  further  ordained,  That  the  said  collector 
shall  also  collect  all  front  foot  taxes,  whether  for  the  im- 
provement of  streets  or  otherwise,  and  all  other  taxes 
which  he  may  be,  by  the  Corporation,  directed  to  collect ; 
and  the  said  collector  shall  perform  the  said  services,  and 
be  subject  to  the  like  penalties,  and  be  entitled  to  all  the 
power  and  privileges,  that  are  provided  in  the  ordinance 
of  the  seventeenth  of  May,  eighteen  hundred  and  two,  or 
any  subsequent  ordinances  on  the  same  subject,  so  far  as 
relates  to  the  collection  of  such  from  foot  taxes,  and  ac- 
counting for  the  same  ; and  that,  when  all  the  accounts 
of  the  said  collector  shall  be  finally  settled  and  passed, 
by  the  Mayor  and  any  two  members  of  the  Board  of  Al- 
dermen, his  bond  shall  be  given  up,  and  considered  can- 
celled. 

Sec.  7.  And  he  it  farther  Ordained , That  the  said 
Collector,  for  his  services,  shah  be  allowed  to  retain  in 
his  hands  the  following  rates  of  commissions,  that  is  to 
say  : for  collecting  the  general  tax  hereby  imposed,  five 
per  centum,  and  for  collecting  front  foot  taxes,  three  per 
centum. 

Sec  8.  And  be  it  further  Ordained , That  the  Collec- 
tor be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  and  directed  to  allow 


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a discount  of  three  per  centum  on  all  the  general  taxes 
paid  him,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  July  next. 

Sec.  9.  And  be  it  further  Ordained , That  where  taxes 
are  due  from  the  same  person  on  several  lots,  and  re- 
main unpaid  after  the  periods  herein  limited,  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Collector  to  advertise  and  sell  for  the 
taxes  due  upon  the  whole  lots  at  one  time ; and,  for  the 
collection  thereof,  he  shall  be  allowed  but  one  execution 
fee,  and  no  more. 


An  ORDINANCE  providing  for  the  settlement  of  all 
arrears  of  Taxes  due  prior  to  the  year  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  twenty. 

Approved  15th  June,  1822. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  Jacob  Mountz,  late  Collector,  be,  and  he  is  hereby, 
authorized  and  directed  to  receive  from  any  persons  in 
arrears  for  Taxes  due  the  Corporation  prior  to  the  year 
eighteen  hundred  and  twenty,  the  amount  of  such  arrears 
in  promissory  notes,  payable  as  follows ; for  all  sums 
under  twenty  dollars,  in  nine  months;  over  twenty,  and 
not  exceeding  forty  dollars,  in  six  and  twelve  months ; 
and  if  over  forty  dollars,  in  six,  twelve  and  eighteen 
months,  bearing  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent,  per 
annum,  which  are  hereby  understood  and  declared  to  be 
secured  by  the  property  Which  is  now  bound  for  the  pay- 
ment of  said  taxes. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  Ordained , That  the  said  Col- 
lector pay  over  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation,  monthly 
all  such  notes  as  maj  be  by  him  received  for  the  Taxes 
aforesaid,  in  lieu  of  money,  and  grant  him  the  usual  re- 
ceipts therefore,  to  be  allowed  in  any  settlement  of  ac- 
counts with  the  said  Collector. 

3 


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Sec.  3.  Be  it  further  Ordained,  That  three  months  be 
allowed  the  said  Collector  to  complete  the  collection  in 
the  manner  herein  provided ; and  that  a final  settlement 
of  his  accounts  be  made  in  six  months  from  the  passage 
of  this  Ordinance,  with  the  Clerk,  under  the  superinten- 
dence of  the  Mayor; 

Sec.§4.  And  be  it  further  Ordained , That,  where  per- 
sons do  not  avail  themselves  of  the  indulgence  hereby 
allowed,  by  passing  their  notes  to  the  said  Collector, 
within  three  months  from  this  time,  he  be,  and  is  hereby, 
authorized  and  directed  to  collect  the  taxes  due,  by  sale 
of  the  property,  first  giving  the  usual  notice, 

Sec  5.  And  be  it  farther  ordained,  That  the  Resolu- 
tion ordering  the  said  Collector  to  suspend  his  collections 
approved  the  third  of  June,  eighteen  hundred  and  twenty 
two,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby,  repealed. 


A SUPPLEMENT  to  the  Ordinance,  entitled  “an  Ordi- 
nance for  repaving  Bridge,  High  and  Water  Streets, 
including  Market  Space.” 

Approved  15th  June,  1822. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  the  Mayor  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  to  con- 
vey the  wharf  property  at  the  bottom  of  Market  Space, 
to  secure  the  payment  of  the  principal  of  the  loan  au- 
thorized by  the  Ordinance  of  this  Corporation,  entitled 
“An  Ordinance  for  repaving  Bridge,  High  and  Water 
streets,  including  Market  Space,”  approved  the  sixteenth 
of  May,  eighteen  hundred  and  twenty  two;  and  that  the 
rents  of  the  said  wharf,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be 
necessary,  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  set  apart  and  pledg- 
ed to  pay  the  interest  of  the  said  loan. 


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A RESOLUTION  authorizing  the  erection  of  a Fire- 
proof  Tobacco  Warehouse,  for  the  Corporation. 

Approved  3d  July,  1822. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  That 
the  Mayor,  John  Kurtz,  and  James  Dunlop,  Jr  of  the 
Board  of  Aldermen,  and  Samuel  McKenney,  and  Jere* 
miah  W.  Bronaugh,  of  the  Board  of  Common  Council, 
be,  and  they  are  hereby,  authorized  and  empowered  to 
contract  with  any  person  or  persons  for  a suitable  lot  for 
a Fire-proof  Tobacco  Warehouse  ; and  the',  are  hereby 
further  authorized  to  contract  for  building  the  same,  of  a 
capacity  to  contain  two  thousand  hogsheads  of  *obacco, 
upon  such  terms  as  will  best  comport  with  the  interests 
of  the  town ; the  designation  of  the  scite,  and  the  con- 
tracts for  its  purchase,  and  for  building  the  Warehouse; 
to  be  submitted  to  the  Corporation  for  their  approval,  and 
not  to  be  binding  till  approved  and  confirmed. 


An  ORDINANCE  providing  for  the  settlement  of  cer- 
tain accounts,  standing  open  on  ihe  books  of  the  Cor- 
poration. 

Approved  8th  July,  1822. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board 
of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  some  fit  and  proper  person  be  elected,  by  joint  bal- 
lot of  the  two  Boards  of  this  Corporation  at  the  next 
meeting  after  the  passage  of  this  Ordinance,  who  shall, 
under  the  superintendence  of  the  Mayor,  audit  and  settle 
all  accounts,  including  street  commissioners’  accounts, 
standing  open  and  unsettled  on  the  books  of  the  Corpo- 
ration, in  such  maimer  as  may  appear  to  be  just  and 
proper. 


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Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  person 
so  elected,  before  he  enters  upon  the  duties,  shall  take, 
before  the  Mayor  an  oath  that  he  will  settle  all  accounts 
that  lie  may  be  required  to  settle  under  this  Ordinance, 
according  to  the  best  of  his  skill  and  judgment ; and,  if 
he  should  find  any  difficulty  in  the  settlement  of  any  ac- 
count, that  he  shall  report  the  same  to  the  Corporation  for 
their  consideration. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  said 
person,  so  elected,  shall  receive  such  compensation  for 
his  services  as  the  Corporation  may  hereafter  determine. 


A RESOLUTION  for  the  purchase  of  lots,  and  for 
building  a public  Tobacco  Warehouse. 

Approved  17th  August,  1822* 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That, 
the  committee  appointed  on  the  subject  of  the  Tobacco 
Warehouse,  together  with  Doctor  Magruder  and  General 
Smith,  be  authorized  to  raise,  by  loan,  the  sum  of  five 
thousand  dollars,  for  which  there  shall  be  issued,  to  the 
lenders,  a like  sum  of  six  per  cent,  stock,  redeemable  in 
five  years,  the  interest  to  be  paid  to  the  holders  quarter- 
yearly  ; and,  as  soon  as  the  said  sum  is  raised,  by  the 
issue  of  stock  as  aforesaid,  the  committee  are  hereby  au- 
thorized to  contract  wilh  ihe  Bank  of  Columbia  for  the 
purchase  of  their  lot  on  High  street,  at  and  for  the  price 
of  three  thousand  dollars  payable  in  six  per  cent,  stock, 
redeemable  in  five  years,  the  interest  to  be  paid  quarterly; 
and  to  contract,  on  like  terms,  and  for  the  same  price  per 
front  foot,  with  Burnett  and  Rigden,  for  their  lot  adjoin- 
ing the  lot  of  the  Bank  of  Columbia:  Provided , the  said 
committee  are  satisfied  that  good  titles  can  be  procured 
for  said  lots ; and  the  said  committee  are  further  author- 


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ized,  as  soon  as  the  said  loan  and  purchase  are  effected, 
to  advertise  for,  and  to  receive  proposals  for,  building  a 
fire-proof  warehouse  on  said  lots,  capable  of  containing 
two  thousand  hogsheads  of  tobacco. 

And  be  it  further  resolved , That  the  said  committee 
shall  determine  upon  the  proposals  offered,  and  enter  into 
such  contracts  for  the  building  of  a fire-proof  warehouse, 
as  to  them  shall  appear  most  to  the  advantage  of  the 
town,  and  forthwith  to  commence  and  complete  the 
warehouse;  and,  when  completed,  they  shall  report  to 
the  Corporation,  and  render  vouchers  for  the  payments 
made  by  them. 

And  be  it  further  resolved , That  the  Mayor  be  author- 
ized to  issue  stock  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  ten  thou- 
sand doMars,  to  carry  into  effect  the  purposes  of  this  Or- 
dinance; and  that  he  be  further  authorized  to  pledge  the 
property,  and  the  rents  and  profits  thereof,  for  the  punc- 
tual payment  of  the  interest,  and  for  redeeming  the  prin- 
cipal of  said  stock,  at  the  expiration  of  the  time  limited 
for  its  redemption. 

And  be  it  further  resolved , That  a majority  of  said 
committee  shall  be  competent,  at  all  times,  to  act  upon, 
and  to  decide,  all  matters  committed  to  them  by  this 
Resolution. 


A SUPPLEMENT  to  the  Ordinance,  entitled  “an  Or- 
dinance for  licensing  and  regulating  Auctions  within 
the  limits  of  Georgetown.” 

Approved  21st  September,  1822. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  from  and  after  the  passing  of  this  Ordinance,  every 
person  exercising  the  trade  or  business  of  an  Auctioneer, 
within  the  limits  of  this  Corporation,  and  obtaining  li- 


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cense  as  such  Auctioneer,  shall,  for  each  and  every  such 
licence,  instead  of  the  sum  required  by  the  sixth  section 
of  the  Ordinance  to  which  this  is  a supplement,  pay  to 
the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation,  the  sum  of  five  hundred 
dollars,  to  be  paid  quarter-yearly  in  advance  : Provided , 
that  if  any  Auctioneer  or  Auctioneers  shall,  at  the  end  of 
any  quarter,  fail  to  pay  for  the  next  quarter  in  advance, 
as  aforesaid,  his  or  their  license  shall  thereupon  cease, 
and  become  void,  and  he  and  they  become  liable  to  all 
the  fines  and  penalties  to  which  others  are  subject,  who 
carry  on  the  business  of  Auctioneers  without  license : 
And  provided  further , that  this  supplement  shail  not  affect 
the  rights  of  any  person  or  persons  now  holding  licen- 
ses under  the  Ordinance  to  which  this  is  a supplement, 
during  the  continuance  of  such  licenses  ; but  all  such 
persons,  during  the  periods  for  which  their  licenses  have 
been  granted,  shall  be  subject  to  all  the  terms,  condi- 
tions and  regulations,  prescribed  in  the  act  to  which  this 
is  a supplement : And  provided , lastly , that  any  person 
or  persons  now  having  licenses,  as  Auctioneers,  may,  at 
their  option,  surrender  the  same,  upon  taking  out  new 
licenses,  conformably  to  the  provisions  of  this  supple- 
ment. 

Sec.  2.  And  he  it  further  ordained , That  the  bond  re- 
quired by  the  first  section  of  the  act  to  which  this  is  a 
supplement,  shail  be  made  payable  to  the  Corporation  in 
their  corporate  name,  and  shall  be  approved  by  the 
Mayor ; and  any  bond  executed  by  an  Auctioneer  or 
Auctioneers,  and  his  or  their  securities,  as  is  provided 
for  in  this  act,  and  the  act  to  which  this  is  a supplement, 
shall  be  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Cor- 
poration; and  any  person  conceiving  him  or  herself  in- 
terested in  the  faithful  execution  of  said  bond,  shall  be 
entitled  to,  and  have  a copy  of  such  bond,  and  a certifi- 
cate from  the  Clerk,  under  his  hand  and  the  seal  of  this 
Corporation  ; upon  which  copy  and  certificate  an  action 
may  be  maintained,  in  the  name  of  the  Corporation,  for 


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the  lise  of  the  party  interested,  and  judgment  may  be  re- 
covered upon  such  action  for  the  damage  actually  sus- 
tained ; and  the  like  recovery  may  be  had  upon  said 
bond  by  the  Corporation,  in  their  corporate  name,  against 
any  Auctioneers  and  their  securities. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  Ordained , That  so  much  of 
the  ordinance  to  which  this  is  a supplement,  as  requires 
a per  centum  on  sales  to  be  paid  to  this  Corporation,  and 
so  much  only  as  may  be  inconsistent  with  the  provisions 
of  this  supplement,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  repealed. 


RESOLVE  authorizing  a further  loan  to  erect  a Tobacco 
Warehouse. 

Approved  18th  October,  1822. 

Resolved , That,  for  the  purpose  Of  raising  a sum  fully 
adequate  to  build  the  new  tobacco  warehouse,  and  to 
purchase  the  necessary  machinery,  the  commissioners  for 
building  said  house  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  authorized 
to  borrow,  on  the  terms  of  the  former  loan,  a further  sum 
not  exceeding  two  thousand  dollars. 


A SUPPLEMENT  to  an  ordinance,  entitled  c%  An  Or- 
dmance  licensing  retailers  of  porter,  ale,  and  strong 
beer,”  approved  the  23d  ot  December,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  twenty. 

Approved  25th  January,  1823. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  oj  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That,  instead  of  the  sum  of  forty  dollars  for  a license  to 
retail,  or  in  any  wise  sell,  porter,  ale,  or  strong  beer,  in 
a smaller  quantity  than  five  gallons,  as  required  by  the 


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ordinance  to  which  this  is  a supplement,  any  person  or 
persons  shall  only  pay  the  sum  of  ten  dollars ; and  that, 
on  payment  of  the  sum  of  ten  dollars,  a license  shall  be 
granted  by  the  Mayor  in  the  same  manner  that  such  li- 
censes have  heretofore  been  granted,  under  the  ordinance 
to  which  this  is  a supplement. 


RESOLVE  for  making  public  a pump  on  Olive  street. 

Approved  25th  January,  1823. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  Mayor  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  to  take  an 
assignment  from  Messrs.  Burgess,  Dixon,  and  Trun- 
nell,  of  their  pump  on  Olive  street,  near  the  corner  of 
Green  street ; and  that  the  same  hereafter  be  kept  in  re- 
pair at  the  expense  of  the  Corporation; 


RESOLUTION  appointing  Judges  of  Elections. 

Approved  15th  February,  1823. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
Thomas  Corcoran,  sen.  Darius  Clagett,  William  S.  Nich- 
olls,  John  L Stull,  and  Thomas  Hyde,  or  any  two  of 
them,  in  conjunction  with  the  Mayor,  be,  and  they  are 
hereby,  appointed  judges  of  all  elections  of  members  of 
the  Corporation,  which  may  be  necessary  to  be  holden, 
until  the  fourth  Monday  of  February,  eighteen  hundred 
and  twenty-four* 


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A RESOLUTION  respecting  the  new  Tobacco  Ware* 
house* 

Approved  25th  March,  1823. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  we 
approve  the  decision  of  the  commissioners  for  building 
the  Tobacco  Warehouse,  in  changing  the  location  of  the 
warehouse,  and  in  determining  to  erect  it  on  the  rear  of 
the  lot ; and  a sum  sufficient  to  cut  down  and  remove  the 
earth  throughout  the  whole  extent  of  the  lot,  is  hereby 
appropriated,  to  be  disbursed  under  the  direction  of  the 
commissioners. 

And  be  it  further  resolved , That  the  said  commission- 
ers have  the  authority  of  this  Corporation  to  make  such 
alterations  in  the  thickness  of  the  walls,  under  the  exist- 
ing contract,  and  in  the  number  of  stories,  as  to  them  may 
seem  expedient ; and  tne  faith  of  the  Corporation  is  here- 
by pledged  to  meet  the  expenditures  incurred  in  the  al- 
terations to  be  made. 


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EXTRACTS 

OF 

*f*V  aCT  OF  COJYGRESS, 

ENTITLED 

An  ACT  supplementary  to  the  Act  “ to  incorporate  the 
inhabitants  ot  the  City  of  Washington”  passed  the 
fifteenth  of  May,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
twenty,  aiid  for  other  purposes. 

Approved  May  26,  1824. 

Sec.  7.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  public  notice 
of  the  time  and  place  of  sale,  of  any  real  property  charge- 
able with  taxes  in  Georgetown  or  Alexandria,  in  all 
cases  hereafter,  shall  be  given,  once  in'  each  week,  for 
twelve  successive  weeks,  in  some  one  newspaper  printed 
in  each  of  said  places,  and  in  the  National  Intelligencer,' 
in  which  shall  be  stated  the  number  of  the  lot  or  lots,  or 
parts  of  lots  thereof,  intended  to  be  sold,  and  the  value'' 
of  the  assessment,  and  the  amount  of  the  taxes  due  and 
owing  thereon. 

Sec.  8.  And  be  it  further  enacted , That  if,  before  th®  day 
of  sale,  advertised  as  aforesaid,  the  owner,  his  agent,  cr 
attorney,  shall  not  pay  the  amount  of  taxes,  with  all 
Costs  thereon  assessed,  said  lots,  or  so  many  as  may  be 
sufficient  to  discharge  the  same,  shall  be  sold,  for  cash, 
and  to  the  highest  bidder,  paying  therefor  ; a certificate 
fiom  the' proper  officer  shall  be  issued,  setting  forth  that 
he  is  the  purchaser,  and  the  amount  paid  by  him,  and  if, 
at  the  expiration  of  twelve  months  from  the  day  of  sale, 
the  owner  shall  not  appear,  and  pay  to  the  officer  who 
sold  the  same,  the  Mayor,  or  the  purchaser,  the  amount 
of  the  purchase  mone),  and  costs,  and  taxes  accruing’ 
subsequent  to  the  sale,  arid  ten  per  centum  interest 
per  annum  on  the  purchase  money,  it  shall  and  may 
be  lawful  lor  a title,  in  fee  simple,  at  the  expiration  of 


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gaid  time,  to  be  made  to  the  purchaser : Provided,  that 
jio  sale  of  real  estate  shall  be  made  but  where  the  owner 
or  tenant  of  the  property  has  not  sufficient  personal 
estate  out  of  which  to  enforce  a collection  of  the  debt 
due,  and  where  he  has  personal  property,  it  shall  be  law- 
ful tq  collect  said  taxes  by  distress  4od  sale  thereof. 

Sec.  9.  And  be  it  further  enacted , That,  on  or  before 
the  first  day  of  April  next,  and  eyery  five  years  thereaf- 
ter, each  of  the  Cor  orations  of  Washington,  Georgetown , 
and  Alexandria,  shall  cause  three  respectable  freeholders, 
resident  in  said  city  and  towns,  respectively,  being  pre- 
viously sworn  to  assess  and  value,  and  make  return  of 
all  and  ever)  species  of  property  by  law  tax  ible,  in  said 
Corporations  ; and  in  making  their  said  valuations,  they 
shall  determine  it  agreeably  to  what  they  believe  it  to  be 
worth,  in  cash,  at  the  time  of  the  valuation. 

Sec.  10.  And  be  it  further  enacted , That  where  any 
taxes  have  fallen  due,  and  yet  remain  unpaid,  or  where 
any  real  estate  has  been  sold  by  the  Corporation  of 
Georgetown  or  Alexandria,  which  sale,  from  any  defect 
of  proceeding  in  relation  thereto,  has  been  declared  or  is 
considered  void,  said  Corporation  may  proceed,  and  are 
hereby  authorized,  to  collect  s lid  taxes  by  sale  of  the 
real  estate,  liab'e,  agreeable  to  the  provisions  of  this  act, 
in  relation  to  other  cases  of  collecting  taxes  hereafter  to 
fall  due ; Provided , That,  where  any  person,  without 
notice  of  the  out  standing  taxes,  has  made  a bona  fide 
purchase  from  the  legal  owner  of  any  real  estate,  pre- 
vious to  the  fifteenth  day  of  May,  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  twenty  four,  said  real  estate,  so  acquired, 
shall  pot  be  liable  for  the  taxes  due  and  owing  previous 
to  said  purchase. 

Sec.  11.  And'  be  it  further  enacted , That  all  titles  to 
property  conveyed,  as  aforesaid,  on  sales  for  taxes  made 
in  either  of  said  places,  shall  be  by  deed  from  the  Mayor 
under  the  seal  of  the  Corporation,  which  said  conveyance 
shall  be  effectual,  in  law,  to  convey  the  title,  the  requisi- 
tion of  this  act  having  been  complied  with. 


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Sec.  12.  And  be  it  further  enacted , That  on  any  lot 
or  lots,  or  part  of  a lot,  liable  for  taxes  as  aforesaid, 
being  sold,  the  amount,  over  and  above  the  tax,  costs 
and  charges,  due  upon  the  same,  shall  be  paid  over,  on 
application,  to  the  owner  of  said  property. 

Sec.  13.  And  be  it  further  enacted , That,  where  the 
payment  of  any  taxes  shall  be  limde  or  enforced  against 
any  tenant,  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  the  owner  of  said 
property,  so  made  liable  for  the  taxes,  to  recover  of  the 
tenant  any  rent  for  the  property  ; but  the  same  shall  re- 
main in  his  possession  a lien  for  the  debt,  until  such  time 
as  the  rent  accruing  shall  have  discharged  the  same ; and 
the  said  tenant  shall  be  entitled  to  charge  twenty  five 
per  centum  against  the  landlord,  on  the  amount  of  the 
taxes  so  paid,  or  enforced  against  him,  except  wThere  he 
may  have  been  previously  in  arrears  for  his  rent. 


RESOLVE  appointing  a joint  Committee  to  superintend 
the  Issue  of  Change. 

Approved  30th  May,  1823* 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  oj  Georgetown , That 
John  Kurtz,  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  and  Messrs. 
Marbury  and  Corcoran  of  the  Board  of  Common  Coun- 
cil, be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a joint  committee, 
to  superintend  the  issue  of  change  by  this  Corporation; 
and  that  they  be  authorized  to  purchase  paper,  cause  im- 
press ons  to  be  made,  to  perform  the  duties  of  the  com- 
mittee appointed  under  the  ordinance  of  22d  March  1822, 
and  to  exercise  all  the  necessary  powers  to  promote  the 
regular  issue  of  the  change  of  this  Corporation,  as  pro- 
vided for  by  law  ; and  that  said  committee  shall  hereafter 
be  a joint  standing  committee. 


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A SUPPLEMENT  to  the  Ordinance  respecting  Corpo- 
ration Bills,  approved  22d  March,  1822. 

Approved  31st  May,  1823. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  . ^ Idermen  and  the  Board, 
of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  ihe  eommitiee  appointed  under  the  ordinance  to 
which  this  is  a supp'emept,  be,  and  they  are  hereby  au- 
thorized and  directed  to  cause  an  issue  of  Corporation 
bills  to  amount  of  seven  thousand  dollars,  in  addition  to 
the  issue  previously  authorized  bv  said  ordinance. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  Jurther  ordained , That  said  com- 
mittee shall,  after  getting  the  same  signed  by  the  Mayor, 
and  countersigned  by  the  Clerk,  have  the  same  deposited 
in  the  Bank  of  Columbia,  and  shall  pay  the  same  over 
to  the  Clerk  as  it  may  be  required,  for  paying  the  float- 
ing debt  of  the  Corporation,  taking  his  receipts  for  the 
same,  as  directed  by  the  ordinance  to  which  this  is  a 
supplement. 


An  ORDINANCE  for  granting  Licences  to  Non-resi- 
dents to  hire  their  Slaves  within  this  Corporation. 

Approved  21st  June,  1823. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , that 
all  non-residents  who  may  hire  slaves  tp  do  work  within 
the  jurisdiction  of  this  Corporation,  after  the  first  day  of 
August  next,  shall  first  obtain  a licence  for  that  purpose 
from  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation,  and  shall  pay  for  such 
license  at  the  time  ot  receiving  the  same,  for  the  use  of 
the  Corporation,  as  follows:  viz.  For  every  male  slave 
from  the  .age  of  eighteen  to  forty-five  years,  twenty  dol- 
lars ; on  every  male  slave  of  twelve  to  eighteen  years  of 


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age,  twelve  dollars  ; and  on  every  female  slave  between 
fifteen  and  forty-five  )ears  of  age,  twq  dollars ; which 
licence  shall  be  in  force  for  one  year  and  no  longer. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  if  any  non- 
resident as  aforesaid,  shall  hire  a slave  or  slaves  to  do 
labor  or  service  within  this  Corporation,  either  by  the 
year  or  shorter  period,  without  first  having  taken  out  a 
license  as  aforesaid,  he,  or  she,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the 
sum  of  twenty  dollars  for  each  and  every  such  offence; 
and  any  person  or  persons,  who  may  hire  any  slave  or 
slaves,  belonging  to  non-residents,  for  whom  the  said 
licenses  have  not  been  obtained,  shall  in  like  manner  for- 
feit and  pay  the  sura  of  twenty  dollars , for  each  and 
every  slave  so  hired,  and  if  such  person  shall  continue 
to  employ  such  slave,  he,  or  she  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the 
sum  of  five  dollars  lor  every  month  he  or  she  shall  con- 
tinue to  employ  such  slave. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  farther  ordained , That  if  any  person 
resident  or  non-resident  of  this  Corporation,  shall  by  a 
fictitious  bill  of  sale  or  otherwise,  attempt  to  evade  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance,  he  or  she,  shall  forfeit  and 
pay  for  every  such  offence,  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars  in 
addition  to  the  other  penalties  imposed  by  the  same. 

See.  4.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  every  person 
bringing  or  sending  any  slave  or  slaves  into  this  Corpo- 
ration, to  hiie  or  to  reside  therein,  shall,  within  twenty 
days  thereafter,  cause  the  said  slave  or  slaves  to  be  re- 
corded in  a book,  which  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation 
shall  keep  for  that  purpose,  and  shall  deposite  with  said 
Clerk  an  affidavit,  that  such  slave  or  slaves  are  bona  fide 
his  or  her  property  ; and  every  person  neglecting  or  re- 
fusing so  to  do,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  twenty 
dollars  for  every  slave  so  brought  in,  who  shall  not  be 
found  on  said  hook  of  record  ; and  the  Clerk  shall  be 
entitled  to  receive  for  registering  each  and  every  such 
slave  a fee  of  twenty  Jive  centsy  to  be  paid  by  the  person 
causing  the  same  to  be  done. 


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Sec.  5.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  all  fines, 
penalties,  and  forfeitures,  imposed  by  this  ordinance* 
shall  be  recovered  with  cbsfs,  before  the  Mayor,  or  any 
Justice  of  the  Peace  f6r  the  County  of  Washington, 
having  competent  jurisdiction’ ; oiie  half  for  the  informer, 
and  the  other  half  for  the  use  of  this  Corporation. 


RESOLVE  appropriating  $2250  in  Change  to  the  To- 
bacco Warehouse. 

Approved  28th  June,  1823. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  arid  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
change  committee  be,  and  they  are  hereb),  authorized  to 
issue  the  sum  of  two  thousand  two  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars  of  the  change  of  this  Cor  {'oration,  in  the  manner 
and  under  the  provisions  of  the  ordinance  regulating  the 
issue  of  change  of  this  Corporation;  and  that  the  same 
fee  applied  under  the  direction  of  the  commissioners  for 
building  the  Tobacco  Warehouse,  to  that  purpose. 


RESOLUTION  providing  for  the  Preservation  of  the 
Records  of  the  Town. 

Approved  19th  July,  1823. 

Resolved  by  the  Boa/rd  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Mayor  be,  and  he  is  hereb),  requested  to  provide  some 
safe  and  convenient  house  for  the  accommodation  of  this 
Corporation,  and  the  preservation  of  the  records  and  pa- 
pers belonging  to  the  Town  ; and  that  the  sum  of  two 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per  annum,  be,  and  the  same  is 
hereby  appropriated,  to  pay  the  rent  of  the  said  house, 
as  long  as  it  shall  be  occupied  by  the  Corporation. 


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And  be  it  further  resolved , That  a sum  not  exceeding 
one  hundred  dollars,  he  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropri- 
ated, to  defray  the  expence  of  necessary  fixtures,  to  he 
expended  under  the  direction  of  the  Presidents  of  the 
Boards  of  Aldermen  and  Common  Council. 


A RESOLUTION  to  provide  for  extending  the  Pave- 
ment on  Water  Street. 

Approved  2d  August,  1823. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , that 
a sum  not  exceeding  fourteen  hundred  dollars  be  and 
the  same  is  hereby  appropriated,  to  defray  the  ex  pence  of 
paving  Water  street  from  the  east  side  of  Fayette  to  the 
east  side  of  Lingan  street. 

And  be  it  further  resolved , that  a Commissioner  be  ap- 
pointed to  superintend  the  work,  and  carr^  into  effect  the 
obj.cts  of  this  resolve,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  forthwith 
to  bring  said  street  to  its  proper  graduation,  and  set  the 
curb  stone;  and  if  the  Ma^or  and  Commissioner  shall  be 
of  opinion,  that  said  street  shall  be  in  a fit  condition  to 
be  paved  during  the  present  year,  then  the  Commisioner 
shall  complete  the  pavement:  otherwise  the  paying  of 
the  street  shall  be  postponed  till  the  summer  of  1824. 

And  be  it  further  resolved , That  the  Commissioner  shall 
receive  two  dollars  per  day  as  a compensation  for  his 
services,  and  shall  be  appointed,  and  take  the  oath,  and 
perform  the  duties,  and  in  all  things  comply  with  the 
regulations  prescribed  for  the  Commissioners  appointed 
by  the  ordinance,  entitled  an  ordinance*  for  repaving 
Bridge,  High  and  Water  streets,  including  Market  space, 
approved  16ih  May,  1822. 


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An  ORDINANCE  levying  a General  Tax  for  the  year 
eighteen  hundred  and  twenty-three. 

Approved  20th  September,  1823. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board 
of  Corrimon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  there  be  levied  and  imposed  a tax  of  Twenty-five 
bents  on  every  hundred  dollars  worth  of  Real  and  Per- 
sonal Property,  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Corpora- 
tion ; and  that  the  Collector  be,  and  he  is  hereby  requir- 
ed to  collect  the  tax,  imposed  by  this  Ordinance,  on  or 
before  the  first  day  of  December  next,  and  pay  the  same 
over  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation,  as  it  shall  be  collected. 
And  if  any  person  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  pay  the  tax 
hereby  imposed,  and  the  same  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
the  first  day  of  February  next,  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful 
for  the  Collector  to  execute  the  property  of  such  defaul- 
ter for  the  amount  due,  including  his  execution  fee  of 
two  dollars,  first  giving  at  least  thirty  days  public  notice 
in  the  Newspapers  of  the  Town,  to  persons  residing 
within  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  sixty  days  notice 
to  persons  residing  without  the  District  of  Columbia,  of 
the  time  and  place  of  sale,  before  any  such  sale  shall  take 
place  ; Provided , that  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Collec- 
tor, to  deliver  to  each  individual,  if  to  be  found  within 
the  Town,  an  account  the  said  tax,  at  least  twenty 
days  before  the  same  shall  be  demanded. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  before  the 
said  Collector  shall  commence  the  execution  of  his  office 
under  this  ordinance,  he  shall  give  bond  and  security,  to 
bb  approved  by  the  Mayor,  in  the  sum  of  fifteen  thousand 
dollars , conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  his 
duties  as  Collector 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  said  Collector,  to  exhibit  a clear  and  sa- 
tisfactry  account  of  his  proceedings  in  the  collection 
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aforesaid,  and  finally  to  adjust  and  settle  his  accounts 
for  the  collections  aforesaid,  with  the  said  Clerk,  on  or 
before  the  first  day  of  June  next. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  if  by  means 
of  insolvencies,  or  other  legal  impediments,  the  said 
Collector  shall  be  prevented  from  collecting  the  whole  of 
the  tax  imposed  by  this  or  any  other  Ordinance,  o,i  or  be- 
fore the  said  first  day  of  June  next,  it  shall  be  the  outy  of 
the  Collector  to  render  to  the  Mayor  a list  of  such  delin- 
quents, noting  thereon  the  amount  of  tax  due  by  each  of 
them,  together  with  the  causes  which  may  have  prevent- 
ed the  collection  thereof ; and  if  the  Mayor,  together 
with  two  members  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  shall  be 
satisfied  therewith,  they  shall  thereupon  direct  the  Clerk 
to  credit  the  said  Collector  with  the  amount  of  tax  due 
by  such  delinquents  respectively,  and  which  could  not 
for  the  cause  before  stated  be  collected. 

Sec.  5.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  said  Col- 
lector shall  also  collect  all  front  foot  taxes,  whether  lor 
improvement  of  streets  or  otherwise,  and  all  other  taxes 
which  he  may  be  by  the  Corporation  directed  to  collect; 
and  the  said  Collector  shall  perform  the  said  services, 
and  be  subject  to  the  like  penalties,  and  be  entitled  to  ail 
the  power  and  priwlges,  that  are  provided  in  the  Ordi- 
nance of  the  seventeenth  May,  eighteen  hundred  and 
two,  or  any  subsequent  Ordinances  on  the  same  subject, 
so  far  as  relates  to  the  collection  of  such  front  foot  taxes,- 
and  accounting  for  the  same  ; and  that  when  all  the  ac- 
counts of  the  said  Collector  shall  be  finally  settled  and 
passed  by  the  Mayor  and  any  two  members  of  the  Board 
of  Aldermen,  Ids  bond  shall  be  given  up  and  cancelled; 

Sec.  6.  And  be  it  further  ordained,  That  said  Collec- 
tor, for  his  services,  shall  be  allowed  to  retain  in  his 
hands  the  following  rates  of  Commissions:  that  is  to  say, 
for  collecting  the  General  Tax  hereby  imposed  jive  per 
centum,  and  for  collecting  front  foot  Taxes,  Three  per 
centum 


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Sec.  7.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  Collec- 
tor be,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  allow 
a discount  of  fve  per  centum , on  all  General  Taxes  paid 
him  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  November  next,  and 
of  three  per  centum  on  all  paid  him  after  the  first  of 
November,  and  before  the  first  day  of  January  next. 

Sec.  8.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  where  taxes 
due  from  the  same  person  on  several  lots,  and  remain 
unpaid  after  the  periods  herein  limited,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Collector  to  advertise  and  sell  for  the  taxes 
d ie  upon  the  whole  lots  at  one  time ; and  for  the  collec- 
tion thereof  shall  be  allowed  but  one  execution  fee,  and 
no  more. 


RESOLVE  for  opening  the  new  Warehouse  for  the  in- 
spection of  Tobacco. 

Approved  :20th  Sept.  1823. 

R esolvedbij  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  Mayor  be,  a d he  hereby  is  requested  to  have  the 
public  Warehouse  opened  for  the  inspection  of  Tobacco, 
so  soon  as  he  may  deem  it  expedient  ; after  which  time 
it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  inspect  Tobacco  within  the 
limits  of  the  Corporation,  except  in  said  public  Ware- 
house. 


An  ORDINANCE  providing  for  the  prompt  Payment  of 
Interest  of  the  Corporation  Stock. 

Approved  20th  Sept.  1823. 

Be  it  ordained,  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 

That  so  much  of  the  indirect  revenue  of  this  Corpora- 


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ti$n  as  may  be  sufficient,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  set 
apart  and  appropriated  exclusively  to  pay  the  interest  on 
the  funded  debt  of  this  Corporation,  and  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Clerk,  in  each  and  every  quarter,  to  reserve 
so  much  of  the  said  revenue  as  will  pay  the  interest  on 
said  debt  due  at  the  end  of  the  quarter,  before  he  dis- 
burses any  part  of  said  revenue  in  payment  of  the  or- 
dinary appropriations  of  this  Corporation, 


A FURTHER  SUPPLEMENT  to  the  Ordinance  enti- 
' tied  u An  Ordinance  for  licensing  and  regulating  Auc- 
tions within  the  limits  of  Georgetown.” 

Approved  3d  December,  1823. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board 
of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  Ordinance,  the 
sum  to  be  required  for  license  shall  be  fifty  dollars  per 
quarter,  payable  always  in  advance  ; and  that  all  Ordi- 
nances or  parts  of  Ordinances,  inconsistent  herewith,  be 
and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

t 1 ;* 


RESOLUTION  fixing  the  number  of  Police  Officers  for, 
the  year  1824. 

Approved  5th  January,  1824. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
for  the  year  1824,  there  shall  be  appointed  four  Police 
Officers. 


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An  ORDINANCE  reducing  the  Compensation  for 
sweeping  Chimneys. 

Approved  5th  January,  1824. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That,  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  Ordinance,  the 
compensation  to  be  paid  for  sweeping  chimneys,  shall  be 
reduced  to  six  and  a quarter  cents  for  each  story,  for  eve- 
ry flue  or  chimney  swept. 

An  ORDINANCE  fixing  the  number  of  Watchmen  for 
year  1824. 

Approved  5th  January,  1824. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  immediately  after  the  passage  of  this  Ordinance, 
the  number  of  Watchmen,  exclusive  of  the  Captain, 
shall  be  reduced  to  four,  who  shall  each  receive  at  the 
fate  of  two  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  payable  monthly. 


An  ORDINANCE  fixing  the  Salaries  of  the  Officers  of 
the  Corporation  for  the  year  1824. 

Approved  5th  January,  1824. 


Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  the  following  sums  be  paid  quarter  yearly,  viz  : 


To  the  Mayor  at  the  rate  of 

Clerk  of  the  Corporation 
Police  officers  each 
Clerk  of  the  market 


$000  per  annum. 
1000  do 
100  do 
225  do 


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Inspector  of  Tobacco 

400 

do 

Keeper  of  the  Powder  Magazine 

50 

do 

Keeper  of  the  Penitentiary,  ) 
and  Captain  of  the  Watch  \ 

250 

do 

Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Common  ) 
Council,  ) 

150 

do 

Messenger  of  the  two  Boards 

75 

do 

RESOLUTION  appointing  Judges  of  Elections. 

Approved  18th  February,  1824. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That, 
Thomas  Corcoran,  Sen.  William  Marbury,  Daniel  Kurtz, 
John  I.  Stull  and  Joseph  Brewer,  or  any  two  of  them 
in  conjunction  with  the  Mayor,  be,  and  they  are  hereby, 
appointed  Judges  of  all  elections  of  members  of  the 
Corporation,  which  may  be  necessary  to  be  holden,  until 
the  fourth  Monday  in  February  eighteen  hundred  and 
twenty  five. 


RE  SOLVE  making  an  Appropriation  on  Account  of  the 
Ship  Channel. 

Approved  8th  March,  1824. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  oj  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mor  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
a surn  not  exceeding  forty  dollars,  be  appropriated  to  be 
expended  under  the  direction  of  the  Mayor,  for  defraying 
the  expense  of  Staking  out  the  Ship  Channel  of  the 
River  Potomac,  north  of  the  Long  Bridge,  as  deepened 
by  the  Mud  Machine. 


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RESOLVE  exempting  certain  School  Property  from  all 
General  Taxes. 

Approved  15th  March  1824. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  6f  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That? 
so  much  of  Lot  No  57,  in  Peters,  Beatty,  Threlkeld’s, 
and  Deakins  addition  to  Georgetown,  fronting  70  feet 
on  First  Street,  and  63  feet  oil  Fayette  Street,  and  the 
House  erected  thereon,  be  exempt  from  all  General  Taxes 
imposed  by  this  Corporation,  during  the  time  the  same 
shall  be  occupied  as  a Seminary  of  Learning,  and  the 
Trustees  thereof  educate  a number  of  children  without 
charge. 


RESOLUTION  authorising  the  Mayor  to  rent  the  Fish 
Wharf* 

Approved  17th  March,  1824, 

Resolved  6y  the  Board  bf  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  Mayor  be  and  he  hereby  is  authorised  and  requested 
to  advertise  and  sell  to  the  highest  bidder,  by  the  20th  of 
March  inst.  the  use  of  the  Fish  Market,  for  a term  not 
exceeding  one  year,  subject  to  all  the  limitations  and  re- 
strictions, and  entitled  to  all  the  privileges,  of  the  Ordi- 
nance for  locating  a Fish  Market,  approved  21st  Februa- 
ry 1822,  excepting  so  much  thereof  as  permits  the  Sale 
6t  Liquors  within  the  limits  of  said  Market  during  the 
Wishing  Season. 


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RESOLUTION  for  Staking  out  the  Ship  Channel. 

Approved  29th  March,  1824. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  jeorgeiown,  That 
the  Mayor  be  authorised  to  contract  with  Joel  Crultenden 
for  staking  out  the  ship  channel,  as  deepened  by  the  mud 
machine,  and  that  in  addition  to  forty  dollars  appropriat- 
ed Stii  inst.  to  defray  the  expense,  the  said  Joel  Crutten- 
den  shall  be  entitled  to  the  use  of  the  Corporation  wharf, 
at  the  foot  of  High  street,  for  the  year  1824,  provided, 
he  continues  to  keep  the  channel  properly  staked  out  du- 
ring the  same  time,  and  not  otherwise,  reserving  however 
the  use  of  said  wharf  to  the  Corporation,  when  wanted 
for  public  purposes. 


An  ORDINANCE  directing  the  Corporation  Deposites 
to  be  made  in  the  Farmers  and  Mechanics  Bank. 

Approved  29th  March,  1824. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , that 
so  much  of  the  third  section  of  “ An  Ordinance  for  as- 
certaining the  duties  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation,” 
approved  June  3d,  1805,  as  directs  him  to  make  the 
Bank  of  Columbia  the  place  of  deposite  for  the  funds  o 
the  Corporation,  shall  be,  and  the  same  is,  hereby  re- 
pealed. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  ordained , That  from  and  after 
the  passage  of  this  Ordinance,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Clerk,  and  he  is  hereby  required  to  make  all  his  deposits 
of  Corporation  funds,  and  to  keep  his  public  account,  in 
the  Farmers  and  Mechanics  Bank. 


RESOLUTION  *to  provide  tor  the  Safe  of  the  Mad 
Machine. 

Approved  29th  Ma  ch,  1824. 

Resolved  by  Ike  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  bf  Com* 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Mayor,  together  with  Daniel  Bussard  and  John  Rickrell, 
or  a majority  of  them,  be  and  they  are  hereby  authorized 
to  sell  the  rnud  machine,  with  all  its  appendages-,  and 
.pay  over  the  amount  of  the  sale,  deducting  expenses,  10 
4he  Clerk  of  the  Corporation. 


RESOLUTION  respecting  the  Gauger  and  Inspector  of 
Spirituous  Liquors,  and  the  Flour  Inspector. 

Approved  29th  March,  1824. 

Resolved  by  fh*  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  t'w  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
from  the  1st  of  April  ensuing,  instead  of  twenty-five 
dollars  per  quarter,  heretofore  required  to  be  paid  by  the 
Gauger  and  Inspector  of  Spirituous  Liquors,  he  shall  be 
required  to  pay  only  twenty  dollars  per  quarter,  in  ad- 
vance. 

And  be  it  further  resolved , That  from  and  after  the 
passage  of  this  resolution,  all  domestic  spirituous  li- 
quors, whether  distilled  of  foreign  or  domestic  materials, 
brought  to  Georgetown  for  sale,  shall  be  subject  to  the 
provisions  of  the  ordinance,  entitled  “ An  ordinance 
regulating  the  gauging  and  inspection  of  Spirituous  li- 
quors, approved  19th  June,  1819  ” 

And  be  it  further  reso hed*  That  from  the  first  day  of 
April  ensuing,  instead  of  five  per  centum , heretofore  re- 
quired to  be  paid  by  the  flour  inspector,  he  shall  be  re- 
quired to  pay  thirty  dollars  per  quarter  always  in  advance^ 
6 


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A SUPPLEMENT  to  tie  Ordinance  respecting  the 
Penitentiary. 

Approved  5th  April,  1824. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  the  Board 
of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  ail  such  parts  of  the  several  ordinances  of  this  Cor- 
poration respecting  the  Penitentiary,  as  makes  this  Cor- 
poration in  any  instance  or  respect  liable  to  pay  the  fees 
for  entrance  and  discharge  of  persons  committed  to,  and 
discharged  from,  the  Penitentiary,  be,  and  the  same  are 
hereby  repealed — Provided , that  nothing  herein  shall  be 
taken  oi  understood  to  acquit  this  Corporation  from  their 
liabii  ty  to  pay  the  fees  for  board  and  maintenance,  of 
such  persons  as  the  inspectors  report  to  be  unable  to  pay 
their  own  fees. 


SUPPLEMENT  to  an  Ordinance  concerning  the  Mar- 
ket, approved  the  13th  July,  1819. 

Approved  5?h  April,  1824. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  George  own , that 
from  and  after  the  pa  sage  of  this  ordinance,  a market 
may  be  hi  Id  on  Saturday  evening,  of  each  and  every 
week,  to  commence  about  one  and  an  half  hours  before, 
and  continue  until  half  an  hour  after  the  setting  of  the 
sun,  to  be  determined  by  the  market-master,  and  to  be 
under  the  same  regulations  as  are  prescribed  by  the  ordi- 
nance to  which  this  is  a supplement. 

See.  2.  And  be  if  further  o duined,  That  so  much  of 
thp  ordinance  approved  the  13th  July,  1819,  as  may  be 
inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this,  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  repealed. 


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A SUPPLEMENT  to  an  Ordinance  entitled,  c<  An  Or- 
dinance to  regulate  VY eights  and  Measures,”  appiov- 
ed  5th  July,  1805. 

Approved  19th  April,  1824. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , that 
from  and  after  the  1st  May  18 ?4,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measures,  to  inspect  all 
scales  and  scale-beams,  and  patent  balances,  that  may 
be  in  use  within  the  limits  of  the  Corporation  of  George- 
town, and  adjust  and  stamp  the  same  with  the  letters 
G.  T.  and  the  owners  thereof  shall  p ay  to  the  Inspector 
for  adjusting  every  beam  of  12  indies  in  lengih  and 
under  ....  12|  cents 

Fcr  every  beam  over  12  and  under  18  inches  ISf  “ 

For  every  beam  over  18  and  under  24  indies  25  u 

For  every  beam  over  24  and  under  36  inches  37J  <c 

For  every  beam  over  36  in<  hes,  50  iC 

And  for  stamping  every  beam  or  patent  balance  with  the 
letters  G.  T.  twelve  cents. 

Sec.  2 And  be  it  further  ordained.  That  any  person 
using  such  scale  beam,  or  patent  balance,  after  the  1st 
day  of  May  m xt,  who  shall  when  called  on  for  that  pur- 
pose by  the  sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  refuse  (after 
a reasonable  time)  to  have  them  examined,  adjusted  and 
stamped,  shall  for  every  such  offence  forfeit  and  pay  a 
fine  of  two  dollar* ; and  if  any  person  shall  use  any 
scales,  scale  beams  or  pa*ent  balances  without  being 
marked  as  herein  required,  sh  11  forfeit  and  pay  a sum 
not  exceeding  five  dollars,  one  moiety  in  each  case  for 
t’  e use  <>;  the  Corporation,  and  the  other  for  the  benefit 
of  the  informer. 


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RESOLVE  directing  certain  Credit&to  be  passed  to  the 
Accounts  of  Jacob  Mount z,  late  Collector. 

Approved  26th  April,  1824. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Clerk  credit  the  accounts  of  Jacob  Mountz,  former  Col- 
lector of  the  Corporation  Taxes,  with  all  sums  to  which- 
he  is  entitled  under  the  report  of  the  commissioners  ap-, 
pointed  to  settle  the  accounts  of  said  Mountz,  by  an  or- 
dinance, entitled  **An  ordinance  appointing  commission- 
ers to  settle  the  accounts  of  Jacob  Mountz,  late  collec- 
tor,” approved  25th  January,  1822. 


RESOLVE  extending  the  time  for  collecting  the  Taxes 
of  1823,  conditionally. 

Approved  3d  May,  1824. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com • 
mon  Council  of  the  Corpora  lion  of  Georgetown , That 
the  time  limited  for  the  collection  of  the  taxes  tor  the 
year  1823,  he,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  extended  to  the 
first  d -y  of  August  next:  provided , the  collector  of  the 
taxes  renews  his  bond  in  the  same  penally,  and  subject 
to  the  same  condition,  as  now  required  by  law. 


An  ORDINANCE  respecting  the  Payment  of  Officers. 

Salaries. 

Approved  3d  May,  1824. 

Bexolved  by  the  Board  of  Aide  men  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , '1  bat 
the  salaries  of  ail  officers  appointed  by  this  Corporation, 
shall  be  paid  quarter  annually,  on  the  first  day  of  Janua- 


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ry,  April,  July,  and  October,  in  each  and  every  year, 
and  nut  otherwise. 

And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Treasurer,  before  he 
pays  any  such  salary,  to  examine  the  account  of  the 
officer  entitled  to  receive  the  same,  and  if  it  shall  appear 
that  such  officer  is  indebted  to  this  Corporation,  or  that 
any  tax  properly  chargeable  to  such  officer  for  the  year 
preceding  is  due, — the  Treasurer  shall,  and  he  is  hereby 
ordered  an  1 directed,  to  apply  so  much  of  the  salary 
due,  to  the  credit  of  such  officer  on  his  account,  either 
for  debt  or  tax  due,  until  the  account  of  such  officer  be 
settled. 


RESOLVE  suspending  the  Collection  of  Taxes  due: 
from  certain  Persons. 

Approved  7th  June,  1824. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That, 
the  collection  of  the  taxes  due  from  Elisha  VV.  Williams, 
Henry  Meyer,  Thomas  Corcoran,  sen.  and  the  Importing 
and  Exporting  Company,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  sus- 
pended, until  their  several  claims  on  the  Corporation 
shall  be  adjusted. 


An  ORDINANCE  to  provide  for  the  Collection  of  the 
Arrears  of  Taxes  for  the  years  1821  and  1822. 

Approved  6th  July,  1824. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  if  Georgetown , that 
Willi  nn  Thompson  Jr.  Collector  of  the  Taxes  levied  for 
the  years  1821  and  1822,  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  directed 


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fo  give  public  notice  in  the  Metropolitan  newspaper  ia 
this  Town,  requiring  all  persons  in  arrears  for  taxes  for 
the  years  1821,  and  1822,  to  pay  the  same  on  or  before 
the  fifteenth  day  of  September  next. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ord  ined,  That  in  every  in- 
stance, where  persons  in  arrear  for  said  taxes  for  the 
ye  irs  1S21  and  1822,  shall  fail  to  pay  the  same  on  or 
before  the  said  fifteenth  day  of  September,  it  shall  arid 
may  be  1 iwfu-1  for  said  Collector,  and  he  is  hereby  requi- 
red, to  proceed  to  enforce  payment  of  said  taxes  by  dis- 
tress and  sale  of  any  person  d property  belonging  to  the 
person  properly  Chargeable  with  said  taxes,  wherever 
found  within  said  Town;  and  if  no  such  personal  pro- 
perty be  found,  then  by  distress  and  sale  of  su<  h personal 
property  as  may  be  found  on  the  premises  chargeable  with 
said  tax. s,  in  which  distress  and  sale  shall  be  included  and 
recovered  the  sum  of  one  dollar  for  the  costs  and  trouble 
of  the  Collector  in  making  such  distress  and  sale;  and 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Collector  before  ’.he  sale  of 
any  personal  property,  so  distressed,  to  give  twenty  days 
notice  m the  time  and  place  of  sale,  and  the  amount  of 
taxes  due  thereon,  in  some  -Newspaper  published  in 
Georgetown. 

Sec.  3 And  be  it  f urther  ordained , That  when  there  is 
no  personal  property  liable  as  aforesaid  for  the  payment 
of  any  tax  chargeable  on  any  lot  or  lots,  or  parts  of  lots, 
whether  the  same  be  the  property  of  a resident  or  non- 
resident proprietor,  and  the  s id  tax  shall  he  unpaid  on 
the  da}  before  mentioned,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  C<  l- 
lector,  and  he  is  hereby  required  to  enforce  the  payment 
of  said  tax,  by  the  sale  of  such  lot  or  lots  or  parts  of  lots, 
or  so  man-  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  and  the  course 
of  bis  proceeding  shall  br-  as  follows  : — He  shad  adver- 
ts >e  the  property  for  public  sale  in  the  National  Intelli- 
gencer, and  in  some  one  newspaper  published  in  each  of 
tiie  towns  of  George  own  and  Alexandria,  once  a week 
for  twelve  succ*  ssive  w<jeks  previous  to  the  day  of  sale, 
in  each  of  said  newspapers,  in  which  advertisements 


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shall  be  sfafed  the  time  an  1 place  of  sale,  the  number  of 
the  lot  or  101s  or  parts  thereof,  intended  to  be  sold*  the 
value  of  the  assessment,  and  the  amount  of  taxes  due 
and  owing  thereon * and  if  before  the  day  of  sale,  adver- 
tised as  aforesaid,  the  owner*  his  agent  or  attorney,  shall 
not  pay  the  amount  of  taxes,  with  all  costs  thereon  as- 
sessed the  said  Collector  shall  sell  the  said  lot  or  lots  or 
parts  thereof,  or  as  many  as  may  be  sufficient  to  dis- 
charge said  taxes,  for  cash,  and  to  the  highest  bidder, 
paying  therefor;  a certificate  shall  be  issued  by  the  Col- 
lector, oettirig  forth  that  such  person  is  the  purchaser, 
and  the  amount  paid  b)  him,  and  if  at  the  expiration  of 
twelve  months  from  the  day  of  sale,  the  owner  shall  not 
appear  and  pay  to  the  Collector,  the  Mayor,  or  the  pur- 
chaser, the  amount  of  the  taxes  and  costs*  and  taxes  ac- 
cruing subsequent  to  the  sale,  and  ten  pnr  centum  interest 
per  annum  on  the  purchase  money,  it  shall  and  may  he 
lawful  for  the  Mayor,  and  he  is  hereby  required  at  the 
expiration  of  said  time,  to  convey  the  title,  in  fee  simple , 
of  said  property,  to  the  purchaser,  by  deed  under  his 
hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Corporation 
Sec.  4.  And  be  it  farther  ordained , That  the  said  Collec- 
tor shall  forthwith  pay  over  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Corpora- 
tion for  their  use,  all  money  received  by  him  from  pur- 
chasers at  tax  sale^j  and  that  there  shall  be  charged  and 
assessed  to  the  delinquent  who>e  property  is  soffi  or  ad- 
vertised for  sale,  the  cost  of  the  advertisements,  and  a 
fee  to  the  Collector  of  one  dollar  for  his  trouble  and 
Services. 

Sec.  5.  And  be  it  farther  ordained , That  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Collector  at  all  times  hereafter,  when 
payments  are  made  by  him  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Corpora- 
tion on  account  of  his  collections,  to  furnish  to  the  said 
Clerk  a list  of  the  persons  from  whom  said  collections 
were  made,  and  the  amount  paid  by  each  person  respec- 
tively ; and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Clerk  to  record 
the  said  list  in  a Book  to  be  kepi  for  that  purpose. 


Sec.  6.  Am l be  it  further  ordained , That  on  any  lot  Or 
lots,  or  part  of  a lot  liable  for  taxes  as  aforesaid,  being 
Bold  pursuant  to  the  third  section  of  this  ordinance,  the 
amount  over  and  above  t lie  tax,  cost  and  charges  due 
upon  the  same,  shall  be  paid  over  by  the  Clerk  of  the 
Coi poratioir,  on  application,  to  the  owners  of  said  pro- 
perty. 


An  ORDINANCE  levying  a direct  Tax  for  the  Year 
Ib24,  and  providing  for  the  Collection  thereof. 

Approved  10th  July,  1824. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
T at  there  shall  be  and  hereby  is  levied  a direct  tax,  of 
sixteen  and  two  third  cents  on  every  hundred  dollars 
wor'h  of  real  and  personal  property  within  the  limits  of 
this  Corporation,  according  as  the  same  Stands  valued  on 
the  last  assessment. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  said  Tax 
shall  be  collected  by  John  Holtzman  the  present  Collec- 
tor, who,  before  be  enters  upon  the  duties  required  of 
linn  by  this  Ordinance,  shall  give  a bond  and  security  to 
be  approved  by  the  Mayor,  and  any  two  Aldermen,  in 
the  penal  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars , conditioned  for 
the  due  and  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  required  of 
him  by  this  Ordinance,  and  for  the  punctual  payment  of 
the  monies  which  he  may  collect,  or  for  which  he  may 
be  liable  under  the  same —That  he  shall  within  sixty  days 
after  the  passage  of  this  Ordinance,  make  out  an  account 
for  the  amount  of  the  tax  chargeable  to  all  real  and  per- 
sonal property  under  this  Ordinance,  and  shall  within 
the  last  ahovemeutioned  period,  deliver  the  same  respec- 
tively to  the  proprietors  of  the  said  property,  if  he  or  she 
be  a resident  within  the  limits  of  the  Town,  and  demand 


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payment  thereof ; and  when  any  proprietor  shall  be  a non 
resident,  the  Collector  shall  deliver  the  said  accounts 
respectively,  in  the  case  of  real  property,  to  the  tenant  or 
occupant  of  the  lot  or  lots  on  which  the  same  may  be 
chargeable,  if  such  property  be  let  or  occupied  ; and  in 
the  case  of  personal  property,  to  the  person  or  persons  in 
whose  use  or  possession  ihe  same  may  be,  and  demand 
payment  of  the  same  from  such  tenant,  occupant,  or 
possessor,  in  the  same  manner  and  within  the  same  period. 

Sec.  3 And  be  it  farther  ordained , That  in  every 
instance  in  which  any  tax  chargeable  under  this  Ordi- 
nance shall  be  unpaid  by  the  first  day  of  November  next, 
the  said  account  having  been  presented  and  payment  de- 
manded as  is  herein  before  required,  the  said  Collector  is 
hereby  authorised  and  required  to  proceed  to  enforce 
the  payment  of  said  tax,  by  distress  and  sale  of  any  per- 
sonal property  belonging  to  the  person  properly  chargea- 
ble with  said  tax,  wherever  found  within  said  town,  and 
if  no  such  personal  property  be  found,  then  by  distress 
and  sale  of  such  personal  property  as  may  be  found  on 
the  premises  chargeable  with  said  tax,  except  such  pro- 
perty as  is  exempt  by  the  Act  of  Congress  extending  the 
jurisdiction  of  Justices  of  the  Peace  for  the  District  of 
Columbia,  in  which  distress  and  sale  shall  also  be  inclu- 
ded and  recovered,  the  sum  of  one  dollar,  for  the  cost 
and  trouble  of  the  Collector,  in  making  such  distress  and 
sale ; and  it  shall  be  duty  of  the  Collector,  before  the 
sale  of  any  perso  >ai  property  so  distressed,  to  give  twenty 
days  public  notice  in  some  Newspaper  published  in 
Georgetown,  of  »he  time  and  place  of  sale,  and  the 
amount  of  tax  due  thereon. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  farther  ordained , That  when  there 
is  no  personal  property  liable  as  aforesaid,  for  the  pay- 
ment of  any  tax  chargeable  on  any  lot  or  lots  or  parts  of 
lots,  whether  the  same  be  the  property  of  a resident  or 
non-resident  proprietor,  and  the  said  tax  shall  be  unpaid 
on  the  day  before  mentioned,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
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Collector,  and  be  is  hereby  required  to  enforce  the  pay- 
ment of  such  tax  by  The  sale  of  such  lot  or  lols  or  parts  of 
lots  or  so  many  thereof  as  may  he  necessary,  and  the 
course  o his  proceeding  shall  be  as  follows  : — he  shall 
advertise  the  property  for  public  sale  in  the  National  In- 
telligencer and  in  some  one  newspaper  published  in  each 
of  the  tovtns  of  Georgetown  and  Alexandria,  once  a 
week  for  twelve  successive  weeks  previous  to  the  day 
of  sale,  in  each  of  said  newspapers,  in  which  advertise- 
ments shall  be  stated  the  time  and  place  of  sale,  the 
number  of  the  lot  or  lots,  or  parts  thereof  intended  to  be 
sold,  the  value  of  the  assessment,  and  the  amount  of 
taxes  due  and  owing  thereon ; and  if  before  the  day  of 
sale,  advertised  as  aforesaid,  the  owner,  his  agent  or  attor- 
ney, shall  riot  pay  the  amount  of  taxes  with  all  costs 
thereon  assessed,  the  said  Collector  shall  sell  the  said  lot 
or  lots,  or  parts  thereof,  or  as  many  as  may  be  sufficient 
to  discharge  said  taxes,  for  cash,  and  to  the  highest  bid- 
der paying  therefor.  A certificate  shall  be  issued  by  the 
Collector  setting  for  h that  such  person  is  the  purchaser, 
and  the  amount  paid  by  him,  and  if  at  the  expiration  of 
twelve  momhs  from  the  day  of  sale,  the  owrner  shall  not 
appearand  pay  to  the  Collector,  the  Mayor,  or  the  pur- 
chaser, the  amount,  of  the  taxes  and  costs,  and  taxes  ac- 
cruing subsequent  to  the  sale,  and  ten  per  centum  interest 
per  annum  on  the  purchase  money,  it  shall  and  may  be 
lawful  for  the  mayor,  and  he  is  hereby  required  at  the 
expiration  of  said  time,  to  convey  the  title,  iri  fee  simple 
of  said  property  to  the  purchaser,  by  dted  under  his 
hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Corporation. 

Sec.  5.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  said  Col- 
lector shall  for- h with  pay  over  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Corpo- 
ration, for  their  use,  all  money  received  by  him  from  pur- 
chasers at  tax  sales. 

Sec.  6.  And  be  it  further  ordai  ed , That  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  said  Collector  to  exhibit  a clear  and 
satisfactory  account  of  his  proceedings  in  the  collection 
aforesaid,  and  finally  to  adjust  and  settle  his  accounts  for 


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said  collections,  with  the  Clerk,  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  April  next. 

Sec.  7.  And  belt  further  ordained , That  if  by  means 
of  insolvencies  and  other  legal  impediments,  the  said 
Collector  shall  be  prevented  from  collecting  the  whole  of 
the  tax  imposed  by  this  ordinance,  by  the  d >y  fixed  for 
the  final  settlement  of  his  accounts,  he  shall  render  to 
the  Mayor  and  two  Aldermen,  a list  of  the  delinquents, 
noting  thereon  the  amount  of  tax  due  from  each,  with 
the  causes  which  have  prevented  the  collection  thereof; 
and  if  the  Mayor  with  the  said  two  Aldermen,  or  a 
majority  of  them,  shail  be  satisfied  therewith,  they  shall 
thereupon  direct  the  Clerk  to  credit  the  account  of  the 
Collector  with  the  amount  of  the  tax  due  from  such  de- 
linquent, or  so  much  thereof  as  they  shall  see  fit;  and  if 
the  said  Collector  shall  have  performed  the  duties  requir- 
ed of  him  by  this  ordinance  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
Mayor  and  the  said  two  members  of  the  Board  of  Aider- 
men,  his  bond  shall  be  delivered  up  to  be  cancelled — and 
the  said  Collector  shall  be  allowed  for  his  pay  and  com- 
pensation to  retain  five  per  cent  on  the  amount  collected 
and  paid  by  him  to  the  Clerk,  and  no  more. 

Sec.  8 And  be  it  further  ordainedy  That  when  taxes 
are  due  from  the  same  person  ou  more  lots  than  one,  and 
shall  be  offered  for  sale  as  aforesaid,  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  (he  Collector  to  advertise  and  sell  for  the  taxes  due 
on  the  whole  number  of  lots  at  the  same  time,  and  for 
the  collection  thereof,  he  shall  be  allowed  but  one  execu- 
tion fee  and  no  more,  and  the  execution  fee  of  the  Col- 
lector in  each  case  shall  be  one  dollar  ; which  said  fee, 
with  all  other  expences  of  distress,  advertisement,  and 
sale,  shall  be  raised  and  paid  out  of  the  property  sold,  in 
the  same  manner  and  at  the  same  time  that  the  taxes  are 
raised  and  paid. 


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A RESOLUTION  for  the  relief  of  John  Pickrell. 

Approved  10th  July,  1824. 

Resoled  by  the  Board  of . Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  jeorgetou^n , That 
the  Mayor  he,  and  he  is  hereby,  directed  to  cause  to  be 
issued  to  John  Pickrell,  a note  or  certificate  lor  the  sum 
of  four  hundred  and  eighty  five  dollars  and  twenty  cents, 
bearing  interest  from  the  22d  day  of  April,  1823,  being 
the  balance  due  for  work  done  on  the  Corporation  wharf 
by  Joseph  Ratcliffe,  and  assigned  to  said  Pickroll,  con- 
ditioned to  be  paid  when  the  Claim  of  Samuel  Turner’s 
heirs  to  that  part  of  the  Corporation  Wharf,  now  in  dis- 
pute, shall  be  finally  settled  by  a Court  of  Chancery,  or 
otherwise,  and  provided  the  matter  now  in  dispute,  relat- 
ing to  the  said  property,  shall  be  decided  in  favor  of  the 
Corporation,  and  their  title  completely  established. 


RESOLVE  appointing  a Committee  to  revise  and  report 
an  Amendment  to  the  Charter. 

Approved  10th  July,  1824. 

Resolvedby  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  That 
the  Recorder,  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Common 
Council,  Mr.  Marbury  and  Mr.  McKenney,  be  a com- 
mittee to  revise  the  Charter, and  report  an  amendment 
to  the  same,  relieving  the  property  in  Georgetown  from 
taxation  by  the  Levy  Court ; said  amendment  to  be  re- 
ported to  the  Corporation  by  the  first  November  next  for 
their  approval. 


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An  ORDINANCE  to  provide  for  the  Collection  of  the 
Arrears  of  Taxes  for  the  year  18^:3. 

Approved  26th  July,  1824 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , that 
John  Holtzman,  Collector  of  the  Taxes  levied  for  the 
year  1823  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  directed  to  give  public 
notice  in  the  Metropolitan  newspaper  in  this  Town, 
requiring  all  persons  in  arrears  for  taxes  for  the  year 
1823,  to  pay  the  same  on  or  before  the  fifteenth  da)  of 
September  next. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ord  lined.  That  in  every  in- 
stance,— where  persons  in  arrears  for  taxes  for  the 
year  1S23,  shall  fail  to  pay  the  same  on  or  before 
the  said  fifteenth  day  of  September,  it  shall  and  may 
be  lawful  for  said  Collector,  and  he  is  hereby  requi- 
red, to  proceed  to  enforce  payment  of  said  taxes  by  dis- 
tress and  sale  of  any  person J property  belonging  to  the 
person  properly  chargeable  with  said  taxes,  wherever 
found  within  said  Town;  and  if  no  such  personal  pro- 
perty be  found,  then  by  distress  and  sale  of  such  personal 
property  as  may  be  found  on  the  premises  chargeable  with 
said  taxes,  in  which  distress  and  s,  le  shall  be  included  and 
recovered  the  sum  of  one  dollar  for  the  costs  and  trouble 
of  the  Collector  in  making  such  distress  and  sale;  and 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Collector  before  the  sale  of 
any  personal  property,  so  distressed,  to  give  twenty  days 
notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  sale,  and  the  amount  of 
taxes  due  thereon,  in  some  Newspaper  published  in 
Georgetown. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  when  there  is 
no  personal  property  liable  as  aforesaid  for  the  payment 
of  any  tax  chargeable  on  any  lot  or  lots,  or  parts  of  lots, 
whether  the  same  be  the  property  of  a resident  or  non- 
resident proprietor,  and  the  said  tax  shall  be  unpaid  on 


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the  day  before  mentioned,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Col- 
lector, and  he  is  hereby  required  to  enforce  the  payment 
ot  said  tax,  by  the  sale  of  such  lot  or  lots  or  parts  of  iots, 
or  so  many  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  and  the  course 
of  his  proceeding  shall  be  as  iollows  : — He  shall  adver- 
tise the  property  for  public  $ale  in  the  National  Intelli- 
gencer, and  in  some  one  newspaper  published  in  each  of 
the  towns  of  Georgetown  and  Alexandria,  once  a week 
for  twelve  successive  weeks  previous  to  the  day  of  sale, 
in  each  of  said  newspapers,  in  which  advertisements 
shall  be  stated  the  time  and  place  of  sale,  the  number  of 
the  lot  or  lots  or  parts  thereof,  intended  to  be  sold,  the 
value  of  the  assessment,  and  the  amount  of  taxes  due 
and  owing  thereon ; and  if  before  the  day  of  sale,  adver- 
tised as  aforesaid,  the  owner,  his  agent  or  attorney,  shall 
not  pay  the  amount  of  taxes,  with  all  costs  thereon  as- 
sessed the  said  Collector  shall  sell  the  said  lot  or  lots  or 
parts  thereof,  or  as  many  as  may  be  sufficient  to  dis- 
charge said  taxes,  for  cash,  and  to  the  highest  bidder, 
paying  therefor;  a certificate  shall  be  issued  by  the  Col- 
lector, betting  forth  that  sucji  person  is  the  purchaser, 
and  the  amount  paid  by  him,  and  if  at  the  expiration  of 
twelve  months  from  the  day  of  sale,  the  owner  shall  not 
appear  and  pay  to  the  Collector,  the  Mayor,  or  the  pur- 
chaser, the  amount  of  the  taxes  and  posts,  and  taxes  ac- 
cruing subsequent  to  the  sale,  and  ten  per  centum  interest 
per  annum  on  the  purchase  money,  it  shall  and  may  be 
lawful  for  the  Mayor,  and  he  is  hereby  required  at  the 
expiration  of  said  time,  to  convey  the  title,  in  fee  simple , 
of  said  property,  to  the  purchaser,  by  deed  under  his 
hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Corporation. 

Sec.  4,  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  said  Collec- 
tor shall  forthwith  pay  over  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Corpora- 
tion for  their  use,  all  money  received  by  him  from  pur- 
chasers at  tax  sales,  and  that  there  shall  be  charged  and 
assessed  to  the  delinquent  whose  property  is  sold  or  ad- 


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vertised  for  sale,  the  cost  of  the  advertisements,  and  A 
fee  to  the  Collector  of  one  dollar  for  his  trouble  and 
services. 

Sec.  5.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Collector  at  all  times  hereafter,  when 
payments  are  made  by  him  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Corpora- 
tion on  account  of  his  collections,  to  furnish  to  the  said 
Clerk  a list  of  the  persons  from  whom  said  collections 
were  made,  and  the  amount  paid  by  each  person  respec- 
tively ; and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Clerk  to  record 
the  said  list  in  a Book  to  be  kept  for  that  purpose. 

Sec.  6.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  on  any  lot  or 
lots,  or  part  of  a lot  liable  for  taxes  as  aforesaid,  being 
sold  pursuant  to  the  third  section  of  this  ordinance,  the 
amount  over  and  above  the  tax,  cost  and  charges  due 
upon  the  same,  shall  be  paid  over  by  the  Clerk  of  the 
Corporation,  on  application,  to  the  owners  of  said  pro- 
perty. 


RESOLVE  making  an  appropriation  to  defray  the  Con- 
tingent expenses  of  the  Boards  of  Aldermen  and 
Common  Council. 

Approved  26th  July,  1824. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  here- 
by, appropriated  to  defray  the  contingent  expenses  of 
the  Boards  of  Aldermen  and  Common  Council;  which 
shall  be  paid  by  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation  out  of  any 
money  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  the  joint  order  or 
orders  of  the  Presidents  of  said  Boards. 


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RESOLvE  authorizing  the  expenditure  of  an  unexpen- 
ded Balance  standing  to  the  credit  of  Olive  Street. 

Approved  26th  July  1824. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
unexpended  balance  standing  to  the  credit  of  Olive 
Street,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  be,  and 
the  same  is  hereby  authorised  to  be  expended  under  the 
direction  of  Richard  Burgess  and  James  Dunlop,  who 
are  required  to  render  an  account  of  their  expenditures 
to  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation,  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  October  next. 


RESOLVE  for  the  removal  of  the  Tobacco  from 
Lowndes’  to  the  Public  Warehouse. 

Approved  26th  July,  1824. 

Resolved  by  f h * Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  Tobacco  Inspector  be,  and  he  is  hereby  directed, 
forthwith  to  remove  all  the  Tobacco  now  lying  inLowndes’ 
warehouse  to  the  public  warehouse,  and  to  pay  one  dol- 
lar per  hogshead  for  outage  and  warehouse  rent  to  the 
proprietor,  reserving  however  as  much  as  will  defray  the 
expense  of  drayage. 


An  ORDINANCE  respecting  Dogs. 

Approved  3d  August,  1824. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board 
of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  the  following  Tax  be  levied  and  collected,  annually 
on  all  animals  of  the  Dog  kind,  to  wit : on  the  first  dog 


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of  the  male  kind,  owned  by  any  person  or  family,  one 
dollar  and  fifty  cents  ; on  the  second  three  dollars  ; and 
on  all  over  two,  owned  by  the  same  person  or  lamiJy, 
six  dollars  each;  on  the  first  of  the  female  kind  five  dol- 
lars, on  the  second  ten  dollars , and  on  all  dogs  of  the 
female  kind  over  and  above  two,  owned  by  the  same  per- 
son or  family  twenty  dollars  each. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  farther  ordained , That  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  every  person  or  persons,  residing  wi  hin  the 
jurisdiction  of  this  Corporation,  owning  or  possessing 
any  animal  of  the  dog  kind,  to  enter  such  dog  or  dogs 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation,  on  or  before  the  fif- 
teenth day  of  August  inst.  and  on  or  before  the  fiiteenth 
day  of  August  yearly,  and  every  year ; and  pay  to  the 
Clerk,  the  annual  tax  herein  and  hereby  imposed.  And 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Clerk  tc  make  regular  entries, 
describing  the  dog  or  dogs  so  entered  ; to  issue  a license 
to  such  person,  or  persons,  so  entering,  authorising  him 
her  or  them,  to  keep  such  dog  or  dogs  within  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  Corporation  until  the  fifteenth  day  of  August 
in  the  ensuing  year.  And  any  person  or  persons,  resid- 
ing as  aforesaid,  who  shall  own  or  possess  any  animal  of 
the  dog  kind  as  aforesaid,  and  shall  fail  to  make  the  en- 
try, pay  the  tax,  and  obtain  the  license  as  aforesaid  such 
person  or  persons  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a sum  not  ex- 
ceeding ten  dollars  ; to  be  recovered  by  vrarrant  before 
the  Mayor  of  the  Corporation,  or  any  Justice  of  the 
Peace  in  and  for  the  County  of  Washington,  the  one 
half  for  the  said  Corporation,  and  the  other  half  to  the 
use  of  the  informer. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  if  any  per- 
son or  persons  residing  as  aforesaid,  shall  at  any  time 
after  the  fifteenth  of  August  in  any  year,  become  the 
owner  or  possessor  of  any  animal  of  the  dog  kind,  such 
person  or  persons  shall,  within  ten  days  after  so  becom- 
ing the  owner  or  possessor,  enter  such  animal  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  Corporation,  paying  the  tax  in  proportion 
to  the  time  that  may  remain  of  the  year,  and  obtain  a 


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license  as  aforesaid,  so  that  all  licenses  granted  for  keep- 
ing dogs  within  the  jurisdiction  of  this  Corporation,  shall 
cease  and  expire  on  the  fourteenth  day  of  August  every 
year.  And  if  any  person  or  persons  so  becoming  the 
owner  or  possessor,  shall  fail  to  make  such  entry,  pay 
the  tax,  and  obtain  such  license,  such  person  or  persons 
shall  for  every  such  neglect,  forfeit  and  pay  the  like  sum 
of  ten  dolars,  to  be  recovered  as  aforesaid,  for  the  uses 
aforesaid 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Constables  to  give  notice  of  the  provis- 
ions of  this  ordinance  to  anv  person  or  persons  removing 
to,  or  settling  within,  the  jurisdiction  of  this  Corpora- 
tion. And  any  person  or  persons  so  removing  or  settling 
and  owning  or  possessing  any  animal  of  the  dog  kind, 
and  having  received  such  information,  and  shall  fail  to 
make  such  entry  and  pay  the  tax  as  aforesaid,  shall  for 
every  such  offence  forfeit  and  pay  a sum  not  exceeding 
ten  dollars , to  be  recovered  as  aforesaid,  and  for  the  uses 
aforesaid. 

Sec.  5.  And  be  it  ordained,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  every  person  or  persons  owning  or  possessing  any 
animal  of  the  dog  kind,  and  having  entered  and  obtain- 
ed a license,  agreeably  to  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance, to  place  a collar  round  the  neck  of  such  animal, 
with  the  owner’s  name,  under  the  penalty  of  one  dollar , 
to  be  recovered  as  aforesaid,  for  the  uses  aforesaid. 

Sec.  6.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation,  yearly  and  every 
year,  and  within  twenty  days  after  the  fifteenth  day  of 
August,  to  furnish  the  Constables  with  a correct  list  of 
the  owners,  description  and  number  of  dogs  enteted  in 
pursuance  of  this  ordinance,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
tl  e Constables  to  make  diligent  enquiry  and  give  infor- 
mation to  the  Mayor  o the  Corporation  of  any  viola- 
tions or  offences  committed  against  this  ordinance,  and 
the  Mayor  shall  forthwith  issue  warrants  for  the  fines  and 


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penalties  herein  and  hereby  imposed,  the  one  half  to  the 
use  of  the  Corporation,  as  aforesaid,  and  the  other  half 
for  the  use  of  the  informer. 

Sec.  7.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation  to  keep  a fair 
and  regular  account  of  all  entries  and  licenses  made  and 
granted  in  pursuance  of  this  ordinance,  and  all  sums  re- 
ceived by  him  for  taxes  or  fines,  and  shall  after  retaining 
a commission  of  ten  per  centum,  account  for  ihe  residue 
as  money  of  the  Corporation. 

Sec.  8.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  Mayor 
may,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  issue  his  proclama- 
tion whenever  he  may  think  the  safety  of  the  citizens 
demand  it,  requiring  all  owners  of  dogs  to  keep  the  same 
securely  confined  for  any  period  he  may  order,  and  any 
person  disregarding  said  proclamation  shall  forfeit  and 
pay  a sum  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars ; the  one  half 
for  the  use  of  the  informer,  and  the  balance  to  the  Cor- 
poration. 

Sec.  9.  And  be  it  ordained , that  all  former  ordinances 
and  resolutions  on  this  subject  be,  and  they  are  hereby 
repealed. 


RESOLUTION  respecting  certain  Notes,  the  property 
of  the  Corporation. 

Approved  30th  October,  1824. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  Mayor  be,  and  he  is  hereby  requested  to  cause  certain 
notes,  the  property  of  this  Corporation,  which  are  lying 
over,  to  be  presented  for  payment,  and  in  case  the  draw- 
ers should  be  unable  to  pay  the  principal  and  interest,  to 
demand  payment  of  the  interest,  and  renewals  for  the 
principal;  and  in  case  of  the  refusal  or  neglect  of  the 
drawers  to  comply,  that  suits  be  forthwith  commenced. 


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RESOLUTION  relating  to  the  Rockville  Turnpike 
Road. 

Approved  30th  October,  1824. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com • 
tnon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Mayor  be,  and  he  is  hereby  requested  to  ascertain  from 
the  Directors  of  the  Rockville  Turnpike  Company,  the 
lowest  per  cent,  they  will  agree  to  receive  on  their  Stock 
in  lieu  of  the  tolls  now  paid  on  said  road,  and  that  the 
Mayor  give  information  to  this  Corporation  on  the  sub^ 
ject  as  early  as  possible,  embracing  also  the  shortest 
period  of  time  for  which  the  said  Directors  will  agree  to 
sell  the  right  of  said  road. 


RESOLUTION  respecting  Fire  Crackers. 

Approved  13th  December,  1824. 

Resolved  by  h*  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
tnon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
any  person  or  persons  who  shall  vend  or  otherwise  dis- 
pose of  the  article  usually  denominated  fire  crackers,  or 
any  other  fire  works,  within  the  limits  of  this  Corpora- 
tion, from  and  after  the  20th  instant,  shall  forfeit  and  pay 
a fine  not  exceeding  ten  dollars  for  each  and  every  offence. 
And  any  person  using  the  said  articles  to  the  annoyance 
of  persons  passing  tne  streets  and  highways,  shall  be 
considered  an  offender  against  the  pe«;ce  of  the  town, 
and  be  subject  to  such  penalty  as  may  be  imposed,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Mayor;  if  by  fit  e,  not  exceeding  five 
dollars , and  if  by  confinement  in  the  penitentiary,  not 
exceeding  forty  eight  hours  : tne  a of  t e n imposed 
by  this  ordinance  for  the  use  of  li  e mlorme;,  the  oilier 
half  for  the  Corporation,  to  be  warranted  for  and  recov- 
ered before  the  Mayor  of  the  town- 


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An  ORDINANCE  directing  a new  Assessment  of  the- 
reat and  personal  property  within  the  limits  of  the 

Corporation  of  Georgetown. 

Approved  28th  December,  1824, 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board 
of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetoivn , 
That  an  assessment  shall  be  made  of  all  the  real  and  V 
personal  property  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Corpora- 
tion, except  as  hereinafter  particularly  excepted  ; which 
assessment  shall  be  commenced  immediately  after  the 
passage  of  this  ordinance,  and  shall  be  completed  on  or 
before  the  first  day  of  April  next. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  each  of  the 
assessors  appointed  by  virtue  of  this  ordinance,  shall, 
before  they  enter  upon  the  duties  of  their  office,  take 
before  the  Mayor  the  following  oath,  or  affirmation:  “I 
do  solemnly  swear,  or  affirm,  that  i will  well  and  faithful- 
ly execute  the  duties  imposed  on  me  by  the  ordinance 
directing  a new’  assessment  of  the  real  and  personal  pro- 
perty wdthin  the  limits  of  the  Corporation  of  George" 
town,  and  that  I will  justly  and  impartially  assess  and 
value,  and  make  return  of  all  and  every  species  of  pro- 
perty by  law’  taxable,  agreeably  to  the  said  ordinance, 
according  to  the  best  of  my  skill  and  judgment.  So 
help  me  God.”  And  for  the  discovery  of  the  real  and 
personal  property  liable  to  assessment  in  pursuance  of 
this  ordinance,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  when 
thereunto  required  by  the  assessors,  to  give  to  them  a full 
and  particular  account  of  his  or  her  personal  proper  y 
within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Corporation,  incluuing 
such  as  may  be  in  his  or  her  possession,  or  under  his  or 
her  care  or  management,  together  with  the  name  or  names 
of  the  person  or  persons  to  whom  the  same  shall  respec- 
tively belong  ; ^nd  if  any  pers  n shah,  after  due  and  rea- 
sonable nouce,  to  be  adjudged  oi  by  the  assessors,  lefuse 


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or  neglect  to  give  such  account  on  being  called  on  there- 
for, he  or  she  so  refusing  or  neglecting,  shall  forfeit  and 
pay,  for  the  use  of  the  town,  the  sum  of  ten  dollars,  to  be 
recovered  before  the  Mayor,  with  costs.  And  the  asses- 
sors shall,  upon  such  refusal  or  neglect,  proceed  to  value 
from  their  own  knowledge,  and  such  other  information  as 
they  shall  be  able  to  obtain,  all  the  property  belonging  to, 
or  in  the  care,  or  under  the  management  of  such  person 
liable  to  assessment. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  farther  ordained , That  the  said  as- 
sessors shall,  by  all  expedient  and  lawful  means,  inform 
themselves  of  the  existence  of  all  real  and  personal  pro- 
perty, subject  to  assessment  in  pursuance  of  this  ordi- 
nance, and  shall  thereupon  proceed  to  value  the  same ; 
and  in  making  their  said  valuations,  they  shall  determine 
it  agreeably  to  what  they  shall  believe  it  to  be  worth  in 
cash,  at  the  time  of  the  valuation  ; and  they  shall  make 
out  and  return  to  the  Mayor,  on  or  before  ?he  first  day  of 
April  next,  a complete  list  or  schedule  of  the  real  and 
personal  property  liable  to  assessment  by  this  ordinance, 
designating  and  separating  on  the  same  schedule  or  list 
the  real  from  the  personal  property,  and  extending  the 
value  of  each,  together  with  the  aggregate  value  of  both. 
And  the  names  of  the  owners  or  possessors  of  property 
shall  be  put  down  in  the  said  list  or  schedule,  in  alpha- 
betical order,  and  the  same  shall  afterwards  be  entered  of 
record,  and  the  original  carefully  filed  and  preserved  in  the 
office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation.  It  shall  also  be 
the  duty  of  the  assessors  to  return  with  the  said  list  or 
schedule,  a book  containing  the  names  of  the  owners, 
and  the  numbers  of  the  lots  assessed,  in  numerical  order, 
which  book  shall  also  be  filed  in  the  Clerk’s  office  of  the 
Corporation. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation  to  furnish  every 
person  whose  property  shall  be  assessed  under  this  ordi- 
nance, within  thirty  days  after  the  returns  shall  be  made 


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in  manner  aforesaid  to  his  office,  a statement  of  the  valua- 
tion of  his  or  her  real  and  personal  property,  and  of  such 
as  may  be  in  his  or  her  possession,  or  under  his  oi  her 
care  or  management. 

Sec.  5.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  in  case  any 
person  shall  think  him  or  herself  aggrieved  by  the  valua- 
tion of  the  assessors,  such  person  may,  within  twenty 
days  after  being  notified  by  the  Clerk  in  manner  afore- 
said, appeal  to  the  Mayor,  Recorder,  President  of  the 
Board  of  Common  Council,  a member  of  the  Board  of 
Aldermen,  and  a member  of  the  Board  of  Common 
Council,  for  redress  of  such  alledged  aggrievances  ; a 
majority  of  whom,  after  full  investigation  of  the  subject^ 
shall,  if  in  their  judgments  it  shall  appear  right  and  pro- 
per, direct  such  alterations  to  be  made  in  tie  valuation  of 
the  property  of  the  person  complaining,  as  in  their  opin- 
ion shall  be  consonant  to  reason  and  justice,  and  their 
decision  shall  b^  final.  And  the  said  Board  of  Appeal 
shall  set  once  a week,  or  oftener,  as  they  deem  it  neces- 
sary, for  three  weeks  from  the  expirai  on  of  the  time  al- 
lowed the  Clerk  to  notify  the  persons  assessed  under  this 
ordinance,  to  hear  appeals;  and  they  shall  give  full  and 
sufficient  notice,  by  publishing  in  the  newspaper  of  the 
town  the  time  when  and  the  places  where  there  sessions 
will  be  held. 

Sec.  6.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  where  any 
tax  shall  be  laid  or  imposed  predicated  upon  this  assess- 
ment, it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Corpora- 
tion, and  he  is  hereby  required,  to  furnish  to  the  Collec- 
tor who  shall  be  appointed  to  collect  the  said  tax  by  a 
majority  of  the  votes  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and 
Board  of  Common  Council  on  joint  ballot,  a true  and 
fair  copy  of  the  list  or  schedule  herein  directed  to  be  de- 
posited and  recorded  in  the  Clerk’s  office,  with  such 
alterations  as  the  Board  of  Appeals  may  have  directed, 
to  the  end  that  the  said  collector  may  be  governed  in 
making  his  collections  by  the  valuations  therein  respec- 
tively put  down. 


Sec.  7.  And  be  it  further  ordained $ That  the  follow- 
ing described  property  shall  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby, 
exempted  from  assessment  under  this  ordinance,  that  is 
to  say : churches  and  burial-grounds,  public  semina- 
ries of  learning  and  the  ground  necessary  and  immediate- 
ly appertaining  thereto,  philosophical  apparatus,  articles 
of  merchandize,  the  tools  and  implements  of  mechanical 
trade,  and  all  personal  property  held  by  persons  not  hold- 
ing more  than  one  hu  idred  dollars  in  value:  provided, 
they  are  not  holders  of  real  property. 

Sec.  8.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  three  persons 
free  holders  within  this  Corporation,  shall  be  appointed 
by  joint  ballot  of  the  two  Boards  assessors  under  this 
ordinance,  a majoiity  of  whom  shall  be  competent  to  fix 
the  valuation  of  any  property  which  they  are  directed  to 
value. 

Sec.  9.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  when  the 
assessors  shall  have  accomplished  all  the  duties  required 
of  them  by  this  ordinance,  and  have  made  their  returns 
in  the  time  and  manner  aforesaid,  the  Corporation  shall 
as  early  as  may  be  thereafter,  appropriate  to  each  one  of 
them  such  sum  of  money  as  shall  be  in  their  judgment 
full  compensation  for  the  services* 


A RESOLUTION  fixing  the  number  of  Police  Officers 
for  the  year  1825. 

Approved  4th  January,  1825. 

Resolvedby  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetovm , That 
for  the  year  1825,  there  shall  be  appointed  four  Police 
Officers. 


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An  ORDINANCE  fixing  the  Salaries  of  the  Officers  of 
the  Corporation  for  the  year  1825. 

Approved  4th  January,  1825. 


Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board 
of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  the  following  sums  be  paid  quarter-yearly  by  the 
Clerk,  out  of  any  unappropriated  money  in  the  Treasu- 
ry, viz : — 


To  the  Mayor  at  the  rate  of 

Clerk  of  the  Corporation, 

Police  Officers,  each, 

Clerk  of  the  Market, 

Inspector  of  Tobacco, 

Keeper  of  the  Powder  Magazine, 
Keeper  of  the  Penitentiary  and  ) 
Captain  of  the  Watch,  ] 
Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Common  ) 
Council,  $ 

Messenger  of  the  two  Boards, 


$600  per  ann. 


1000 

do 

100 

do 

225 

do 

400 

do 

50 

do 

250 

do 

150 

do 

75 

do 

An  ORDINANCE  to  procure  a Town  Bell. 
Approved  24th  January,  1825. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  the  Mayor  be,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  and  di- 
rected to  procure  for  the  use  of  the  town  a cast-steel  bell, 
from  the  persons  proposing  to  furnish  it  by  their  commu- 
nication of  the  17th  of  December  last. 

Sec  2.  And  be  it  ordained , That  the  Mayor  have  the 
necessary  fixtures  for  having  the  same  prepared,  on  the 
house  now  occupied  by  the  Corporation;  and  that  the 
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sum  of  eighty-nine  dollars  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
appropriated,  to  be  paid  by  the  Clerk  out  of  any  money 
in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated. 


An  ORDINANCE  permitting  brick  or  stone  warehouses, 
without  cellars,  to  be  erected  on  the  south  side  of  Watei 
street,  west  A Frederick  street. 

» _ ^ Approved  7th  February,  1825. 

'.v.  ■■  . ~y 

Be  it  orKdo.ined  by  the  Board  of  •Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  the  consent  of  the  Corporation  is  hereby  given  to 
the  proprietors  of  lots  fronting  on  the  south  side  of  Water 
street,  west  of  Frederick  street,  to  erect  thereon  brick 
or  stone  warehouses,  without  cellars  ; and  no  warehouse 
having  a cellar  shall  be  erected,  under  tHe  penalty  of 
twenty  dollars  per  day,  to  the  use  of  the  Corporation,  for 
every  day  such  cellar  shall  remain,  to  be  recovered  before 
the  Mayor  of  the  Corporation,  as  other  fines  and  forfei- 
tures are. 


An  ORDINANCE  directing  the  repair  of  a Pump  at  the 
intersection  of  Fayette  and  High  streets,  and  for  other 
purposes. 

Approved  7th  February,  1825. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board 
of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  the  Mayor  be,  and  he  is  hereby  requested  to  have 
the  pump  at  the  intersection  of  Fayette  and  High  streets, 
and  on  the  east  side  of  said  street,  repaired  ; and  that 
said  pump,  now  the  property  of  Samuel  Pauley  and 
George  Riffle,  shall  forever  hereafter  be  considered  the 


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property  of  the  Corporation : provided,  that  before  the 
said  repairs  are  made,  the  present  proprietors  make  over 
to  the  Corporation  their  right  and  interest  in  said  pump® 


RESOLUTION  appointing  Judges  of  Elections. 

Approved  7th  February,  1825. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com  \ 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
Thomas  Corcoran,  senior,  John  I.  Stull,  William  S. 
Nicholis,  William  Marbury,  and  William  Mackey,  or 
any  two  of  them,  in  conjunction  with  the  Mayor,  be, 
and  they  are  hereby  appointed  judges  of  all  elections  of 
members  of  the  Corporation,  which  may  be  necessary  to 
be  holden  until  the  fourth  Monday  in  February  1826. 


RESOLVE  appointing  Francis  Lowndes  on  the  Change 
Committee. 

Approved  March  8th,  1825. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That, 
Francis  Lowndes,  Esq.  of  the  Board  of  Common  Coun- 
cil, be  a member  of  the  Change  Committee,  under  the 
ordinance  of  22d  March,  1822,  in  the  place  of  John 
M.rbury,  Esq. 


RESOLUTION  for  marking  out  the  channel,  and  for 
renting  the  public  wharf  at  the  foot  of  High  street. 

Approved  2d  April,  1825. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com • 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 


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the  Mayor  be,  andlie  is  hereby,  requested  to  employ 
some  suitable  person  to  stake  out  the  channel  made  with 
*he  mud  machine,  and  to  keep  it  staked  out  for  the  year 
1825 ; and  for  the  cost  thereof,  he  is  hereby  authorized 
to  draw  upon  the  treasury  of  the  Corporation. 

And  be  it  further  resolved , That  the  Mayor  be,  and 
he  is  hereby  requested  to  rent  the  public  wharf  at  the 
termination  of  High  street,  to  the  highest  bidder,  for  the 
year  1825. 

A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  John  Logan. 

Approved  9th  April,  1825. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That,  on 
John  Logan’s  relinquishing  his  claim  to  the  property  of 
Thomas  Corcoran,  on  First  street,  purchased  by  him  at  a 
collector’s  sale  for  pump  taxes,  the  Clerk  be,  and  he  is 
hereby,  directed  to  pay  to  said  Logan  the  sum  of  twen- 
ty-four dollars  and  eighty-five  cents,  in  full  reimburse- 
ment. 


RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  William  Hoyt. 

Approved  9th  April,  1825. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  That 
the  Mayor  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorised  to  draw  on 
the  Clerk  for  the  sura  of  forty  dollars,  to  be  advanced  to 
William  Hoyt  on  his  contract  for  erecting  a town  bell : 
provided,  the  said  Hoyt  deposites  such  security  for  the 
same  as  may  be  satisfactory,  according  to  his  letter  of  th^ 
7th  March  last. 


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An  ORDINANCE  to  provide  for  leasing  the  fish  wharf, 
and  supplementary  to  the  ordinance  entitled  “An  ordi- 
nance for  locating  a fish  market,  and  providing  for 
renting  the  wharf  property  belonging  to  the  Corpora- 
tion,” approved  21st  February,  1822. 

Approved  9th  April,  1825. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  the  Mayor  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorised  and  di- 
rected to  lease  to  John  W.  Baker  the  fish  wharf,  for  the 
term  of  five  years,  commencing  the  31st  March,  1825, 
at  the  rate  offered  by  said  Baker  in  his  communication 
bearing  date  the  1st  of  April,  1825,  subject  to  all  the  re- 
strictions and  regulations  prescribed  in  the  ordinance  to 
which  this  is  a supplement,  and  the  further  restrictions 
and  regulations  herein  after  provided. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  said  J. 
W.  Baker  shall,  at  his  own  expense,  during  the  lease 
aforesaid,  cause  the  canal  to  be  cleansed  and  kept  clean, 
and  that  all  gaming,  card  playings,  dancing,  fiddling,  or 
any  other  disorder,  be  prohibited  on  said  wharf,  under  a 
penalty  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each  offence  ; 
and,  for  the  effectual  enforcement  of  all  the  regulations 
relating  to  the  fish  wharf,  the  police  officers  shall  have 
free  and  uninterrupted  access  to  ail  the  apartments  of  the 
booths  erected  thereon ; and  any  person  obstructing  or 
resisting  any  police  officer,  in  an  attempt  to  enter  as 
aforesaid,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a sum  not  exceeding 
twenty  dollars. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  in  the  event 
of  the  acceptance  by  the  said  John  W.  Baker  of  the 
terms  offered  to  him  by  this  ordinance,  that  the  contract 
entered  into  by  him  on  the  25th  of  March,  1825,  for 
renting  the  fish  wharf  for  one  year,  be  annulled,  and  is 
hereby  declared  void  : and  that  the  resolution  of  the  23d 
of  March,  1825,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 


Sec.  4.  And  be  it  farther  ordained , That  all  fines  and 
forfeitures  incurred  under  this  ordinance,  shall  be  recov- 
erable before  the  Mayoi  ; one  half  to  the  use  of  the 
Corporation,  the  other  to  the  informer. 


An  ORDINANCE  respecting  the  sweeping  of  chimneys 
within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Corporation  of  George- 
town, and  providing  for  the  appointment  of  a super- 
intendant  of  sweeps. 

Approved  30th  April,  1825. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  the  Board 
of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetowni 
That  the  superintendent  of  sweeps  shall  be  appointed  by 
joint  ballot  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council,  yearly,  and  every  year,  on  the  first 
Monday  in  January,  or  at  the  first  meeting  of  the  Corpo- 
ration thereafter. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  ordained , That  it  shall  be  the  "duty 
of  the  said  superintendent,  once  in  every  three  months 
from  the  first  day  of  April  to  the  first  day  of  October,  in 
every  year,  to  notify  the  persons  who  are  house-keepers 
within  the  said  jurisdiction,  that  he,  or  some  person  em- 
ployed by  him,  will,  within  three  days  after  such  notice, 
call  between  the  hours  of  five  and  nine  in  the  morning, 
or  at  such  other  hours  as  may  be  agreed  upon  by  him 
and  the  said  house' keepers,  for  the  purpose  of  sweeping 
the  flue  or  chimney  of  the  fire-place  used  in  cooking, 
and  for  the  general  purposes  of  the  family ; and  it  shall 
also  be  his  duty  to  call  in  like  manner,  once  in  every  two 
months  from  the  first  day  of  October  to  the  first  day  of 
April  following,  in  every  year,  and  give  notice  as  afore- 
said that  he  will,  within  three  days  thereafter,  call  to 
sweep  the  flues  or  chimneys  of  the  fire-places  then  gen- 


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©rally  used  : which  several  calls  shall  not  vary  more  than 
ten  days  from  the  period  hereby  fixed  at  each  succeeding 
call. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  ordained,  That  as  a compensation  for 
sweeping  such  chimneys,  the  said  superintendent  shall 
be  entitled  to  receive  from  the  occupier  of  the  house 
where  such  chimneys  are,  the  sum  of  ten  cents  for  each 
story  for  every  flue  or  chimney  so  swept. 

Sec.  4.  And  he  it  ordained , That  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  superintendent  to  attend  and  sweep  any  chimney 
within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  said  Corporation,  within 
three  days  after  receiving  a written  requisition  for  that 
purpose  from  the  occupier  of  the  house  where  such  chim- 
ney is  ; and  in  case  of  his  refusal  or  neglect  to  call  and 
sweep  the  chimney  within  the  time  aforesaid,  or  his  ne- 
glecting or  refusing  to  call  at  the  time  required  by  the 
second  section  of  tins  ordinance,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay 
to  the  person  complaining,  a sum  not  exceeding  five  dol- 
lars, to  be  recovered,  with  costs,  before  the  Mayor. 

Sec.  5.  And  be  it  ordained,  That  if  any  house-keeper 
shall  refuse  to  have  his  or  her  chimney  swept  at  the  times 
herein  prescribed,  and  on  the  call  of  the  superintendent, 
or  such  other  person  as  he  may  employ,  such  house- 
keeper shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  the  Corporation  not  ex- 
ceeding five  dollars,  to  be  recovered  as  aforesaid : pro- 
vided, that  such  call  is  not  to  be  made  earlier  than  the 
times  mentioned  in  the  second  section  of  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  6,  And  be  it  ordained,  That  if  the  soot  in  any 
flue  or  chimney  so  swept  by  the  superintendent,  shall, 
before  his  next  call  for  the  purpose  of  sweeping,  or  within 
two  months  from  the  last  sweeping  thereof,  take  fire  so  as 
to  blaze  from  the  top  of  the  funnel  of  said  chimney,  the  said 
superintendent  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a sum  not  exceeding 
ten  dollars,  one  half  to  the  informer,  and  the  other  half 
to  the  use  of  the  Corporation,  to  be  recovered  as  afore- 
said ; but  if  any  chimney  shall  take  fire  which  has  not 
been  swept  by  the  superintendent  within  the  time  speci- 


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fled  by  thi*s  ordinance,  through  the  neglect  or  refusal  of 
the  occupier  of  the  house  in  which  such  chimney  shall 
take  fire,  such  occupier  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a sum  not 
exceeding  ten  dollars,  to  be  recovered  as  aforesaid  for 
the  use  of  the  Corporation. 

Sec.  7.  And  be  it  ordained , That  from  and  after  the 
passage  of  this  act  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person 
or  persons,  who  may  build  a chimney  or  chimneys  with- 
in the  juiisdiction  of  tins  corporation,  to  make  any  of 
the  flues  thereof  of  less  dimensions  than  fourteen  inches 
square,  nor  shall  any  alterations  be  made  in  the  said  flues 
after  they  have  been  built,  that  will  prevent  their  being 
swept,  under  a penalty  of  twenty  dollars  for  each  and 
every  flue  so  built  or  altered;  and  the  superintendent  is 
hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  prosecute  and  re- 
cover from  the  owner  or  builder  of  said  chimney  for  the 
same;  the  one  half  for  the  use  of  this  Corporation,  the 
other  half  for  the  superintendent  prosecuting  therefor, 
before  the  Mayor. 

Sec.  8.  And  be  it  farther  ordained , That  the  Ordi- 
nance entitled  “ An  Ordinance  respecting  the  sweeping 
of  Chimneys  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Corporation 
of  Georgetown,”  approved  8th  September  1807 — the 
Ordinance  entitled  “ A Supplement  to  an  Ordinance  res- 
pecting the  sweeping  of  Chimneys”  approved  22d  July, 
1818,  and  an  Ordinance  entitled  u An  Ordinance  reduc- 
ing the  compensation  for  sweeping  Chimneys,”  approved 
5th  January,  1824,  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby  repeal- 
ed. 

Sec.  9.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  John  Elder- 
kin  be,  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  and  declared  to  be 
the  superintendent  of  sweeps  for  the  year  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  twenty  five,  and  Until  a successor  be 
appointed. 


An  ORDINANCE  supplementary  to  an  Ordinance  en» 
titled  “An  Ordinance  for  the  better  regulating  of  the 
Market  in  Georgetown,  and  for  extending  the  limits 
of  the  same,’’  approved  10th  February,  1821. 

Approved  30th  April,  1825. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board 
of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  all  Licenses  now  held  by  Butchers  for  stalls,  sham- 
bles, or  benches,  within  the  Market  of  this  Corporation, 
shall  determine  and  expire  on  the  30th  day  of  June  next 
ensuing* 

Sec.  2*  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  all  Licenses 
thereafter  issued  to  Butchers  for  any  stall,  shamble,  of 
bench  in  the  Market  aforesaid,  shall  be  at  the  follow  • 
ing  rates,  viz : for  six  months,  Seven  Dollars,  and  for 
twelve  months,  Twelve  Dollars— always  payable  in  ad- 
vance. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  if  any  Butch- 
er4 should  have  paid  for  a License  for  a longer  period  than 
the  30th  of  June  next  ensuing,  the  Clerk  be,  and  he  is 
hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  refund  to  such  Butcher 
the  money  for  the  balance  of  the  time. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  further  ordained,  That  the  provis* 
ions  of  any  ordinance  inconsistent  with  the  above  pro- 
visions be,  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 


A SUPPLEMENT  to  an  Ordinance  entitled  cc  An  Or- 
dinance for  the  better  regulating  the  Market  in  George- 
town, and  for  extending  the  limits  of  the  same. 

Approved  30th  April,  1825. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown, 
Ubat  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  Ordinance,  it 
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shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  sell,  ex- 
pose for  sale,  or  cause  to  be  sold  or  exposed  for  sale 
within  the  limits  of  the  market,  during  market  hours, 
any  articles  of  tin,  copper  or  brass  ware,  without  first 
obtaining  from  the  Mayor  a License,  for  which  such  per- 
son or  persons  shall  pay  at  the  rate  of  ten  dollars,  quar- 
terly in  advance,  under  the  penalty  of  forfeiting  for  each 
and  every  violation  of  this  ordinance  a sum  not  exceed- 
ing ten  dollars,  to  be  recovered  and  applied  in  the  man. 
ner  prescribed  in  the  twenty-fourth  section  of  the  Ordi- 
nance to  which  this  is  a Supplement. 


RESOLVE  for  furnishing  the  office  of  the  Mayor  with 
4 fixtures  and  furniture. 

Approved  18th  June,  1825. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  l he  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  sum  of  ninety-four  dollars  and  ninety-three  cents  be, 
and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated  for  furnishing  the 
office  of  the  Mayor  with  such  fixtures  and  furniture  as 
may  be  needful,  and  that  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation 
pay  the  aforesaid  sura  to  the  order  of  the  Mayor,  out  of 
any  money  not  otherwise  appropriated. 


RESOLVE  respecting  General  Lafayette. 

Approved  1st  September,  1825. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  That 
as  an  evidence  of  the  grateful  sense  entertained  for  the 
invaluable  services  rendered  our  country  by  General  La- 
fayette, and  the  deep  regret  felt  at  his  departure  from  a- 
mong  us,  it  be  recommended  to  the  citizens  of  the  town 


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to  form  a 'procession  to  be  regulated  and  conducted  by 
Marshals,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor,  to  attend  him 
on  Wednesday  next  to  the  st$am  boat,  preparatory  to  his 
leaving  tb£  American  shores  ; and  that  to  afford  an  ap- 
portunity  to  all  to  participate  in  this  last  tribute  to  the 
distinguished  virtues  and  eminent  services  of  the  great 
and  good  Lafayette,  it  be  further  recommended,  that  the 
citizens  close  their  stores  and  shops,  and  that  there  be  a 
general  suspension  of  business  during  the  morning  of 
said  day. 


RESOLVE  respecting  General  Lafayette. 

Approved  1st  September,  1825; 

Resolvedby  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  That 
in  maifestation  of  the  respect  this  Corporation  entertains 
for  General  Lafayette,  a committee  be  appointed  to  consist 
of  the  President,  Jeremiah  W.  Bronaugh  and  James  A. 
Magruder  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  and  the  President 
and  Francis  Lowndes  and  Daniel  Kurtz,  of  the  Board  of 
Common  Council,  in  conjunction  with  the  Mayor,  to  at- 
tend General  Lafayette  on  Wednesday  next  until  he  em- 
barks on  board  the  United  States  frigate  Brandywine. 


RESOLVE  making  an  appropriation  to  F.  S Key,  W. 

Jones  and  the  Recorder. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
men  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  Clerk  pay  out  of  any  monies  in  his  hands  not  other- 
wise appropiiated,  to  Francis  S.  Key,  Walter  Jones,  and 
the  Recorder,  the  sum  of  Two  Hundred  Dollars — for 
legal  services  rendered  this  Corporation  as  per  their  ac* 
count  rendered. 


An  ORDINANCE  for  repairing  the  foot  pavements  in 
Georgetown. 

Approved  3d  September,  1825. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  fioard  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , that 
all  breaches  of  the  foot  pavements  on  any  of  the  paved 
or  gravelled  streets  in  Georgetown,  be  and  they  are  here- 
by, declared  an  inconvenience  and  annoyance,  aud  that  the 
Mayor  cause  notice  of  all  such  nuisances  to  be  given  to 
the  owner  or  occupier  of  any  lot  or  part  of  a lot  requir-i 
ing  the  repairs  necessary  to  be  made,  within  ten  days 
after  such  notice,  and  in  case  of  failure  by  refusal  or 
peglect  to  comply  with  the  Mayor’s  requisition,  the 
owner  or  occupier  of  any  such  lot  or  lots  as  aforesaid, 
shall  be  subject  to  a fine  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars — 
for  every  week  such  inconvenience  or  annoyance  may 
Continue — to  be  recovered  by  warrant,  of  the  Mayor,  for 
fhe  use  of  the  Corporation, 


An  ORDINANCE  laying  a front  foot  tax  on  part  of 
Congress  Street. 

Approved  3d  September,  1825. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  that 
for  reducing  to  its  proper  graduation  and  for  otherwise 
improving  by  paying  or  gravelling  that  part  of  Congiess 
street  between  West  and  Road  streets,  there  be,  and  is 
hereby,  levied  and  imposed  a Tax  of  Two  Dollars  per 
front  foot,  on  all  the  lots  and  parts  of  lots  fronting  on 
either  side  of  said  street,  within  the  limits  aforesaid-- 
whereof  twelve  and  a half  cents  per  front  foot,  shall  be 
pow  collected  by  the  Collector  of  the  general  tax. 


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Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  ordained. , That  the  Collector 
pay  over  to. the  Clerk  the  amount  of  tax  hereby  author- 
ized as  the  same  may  be  collected  by  him,  deducting  his 
Commission  of  five  per  centum,  and  that  lie  complete  the 
same  and  close  his  accounts  within  sixty  days  from  the 
passage  of  this  Ordinance,  and  that  the  same  powers  be, 
and  is  given  him  for  enforcing  the  collection  as  has  been 
given  in  similar  cases. 

Sec.  3.  Be  it  further  ordained.  That  the  Clerk  pay 
the  amount  hereby  directed  to  be  placed  in  his  hands  to 
the  orders  of  C.  Smith,  0.  Bussard  and  S.  McKenney 
who  are  appointed  commissioners  to  expend  the  same 
within  the  limits  aforesaid,  under  the  general  superinten- 
dence of  the  Mayor, 

Sec.  4.  U furthci  ordained,  That  the  Commission- 
ers render  to  the  Clerk  an  account  of  their  expenditures 
with  proper  vouchers  on  or  before  the  fir-t  Monday  in 
December  next-^-to  be  by  him  submitted  to  this  Corpora- 
tion with  his  next  quarterly  accounts. 

Sec.  5,  And  he  it  f arther  ordained,  That  the  Ordi- 
nance, entitled  c,An  Ordinance  laying  a front  foot  tax  on 
part  of  Congress  street”  approved  the  25th  March  1819, 
be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  repealed. 


A RESOLUTION  providing  for  Ihe  redemption  of  the 
Corporation  Change. 

Approved  17th  September,  1825. 

Ttesolred  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corpora  lion  oj  Ceorgetown,  That  for 
Ihe  purpose  of  redeeming  the  change  of  the  Corporation 
the  Mayor  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  to  borrow 
from  time  to  time  at  a rate  of  interest  not  exceeding  six 
per  cent,  per  annum,  a sum  not  exceeding  five  thousand 
dollars, 


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An  ORDINANCE  levying  a direct  Tax  for  the  Year 
1825,  and  providing  for  the  Collection  thereof. 

Approved  17th  September,  1825. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  there  shall  be  and  hereby  is  levied  a direct  tax,  of 
sixteen  and  two  third  cents  on  every  hundred  dollars 
worth  of  real  and  personal  property  within  the  limits  of 
this  Corporation,  as  ascertained  and  valued  under  the 
Ordinance,  entitled,  “An  Ordinance  directing  a new  as- 
sessment of  the  real  and  personal  property,  within  the 
limits  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,”  Approved 
28th  December,  1824 ; except  so  much  as  has  been  abat- 
ed by  the  Board  of  Appeal. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  said  Tax 
shall  be  collected  by  John  Holtzman  the  present  Collec- 
tor, who,  before  he  enters  upon  the  duties  required  of 
him  by  this  Ordinance,  shall  give  a bond  and  security  to 
be  approved  by  the  Mayor,  and  any  two  Aldermen,  in 
the  penal  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars , conditioned  for 
the  due  and  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  required  of 
him  by  this  Ordinance,  and  for  the  punctual  payment  of 
the  monies  which  he  may  collect,  or  for  which  he  may 
be  liable  under  the  same — That  he  shall  within  sixty  days 
after  the  passage  of  this  Ordinance,  make  out  an  account 
for  the  amount  of  the  tax  chargeable  to  all  real  and  per- 
sonal property  under  this  Ordinance,  and  shall  within 
the  last  abovementioned  period,  deliver  the  same  respec- 
tively to  the  proprietors  of  the  said  property,  if  he  or  she 
be  a resident  within  the  limits  of  the  Town,  and  demand 
payment  thereof ; and  when  any  proprietor  shall  be  a non 
resident,  the  Collector  shall  deliver  the  said  accounts 
respectively,  in  the  case  of  real  property,  to  the  tenant  or 
occupant  of  the  lot  or  lots  on  which  the  same  may  be 
chargeable,  if  such  property  be  let  or  occupied  ; and  in 


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the  case  of  personal  property,  to  the  person  or  persons  in 
whose  use  or  possession  the  same  rnay  be,  and  demand 
payment  of  the  same  from  such  tenant,  occupant,  or 
possessor,  in  the  same  manner  and  within  the  same  period. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  in  every 
instance  in  which  any  tax  chargeable  under  this  Ordi- 
nance shall  be  unpaid  by  the  first  day  of  March  next, 
the  said  account  having  been  presented  and  payment  de- 
manded as  is  herein  before  required,  the  said  Collector  is 
hereby  authorised  and  required  to  proceed  to  enforce 
the  payment  of  said  tax,  by  distress  and  sale  of  any  per- 
sonal property  belonging  to  the  person  properly  chargea- 
ble with  said  tax,  wherever  found  within  said  town,  and 
if  no  such  personal  property  be  found,  then  by  distress 
and  sale  of  such  personal  property  as  may  be  found  on 
the  premises  chargeable  with  said  tax,  except  such  pro- 
perty as  is  exempt  by  the  Act  of  Congress  extending  the 
jurisdiction  of  Justices  of  the  Peace  for  the  District  of 
Columbia,  in  which  distress  and  sale  shall  also  be  inclu- 
ded and  recovered,  the  sum  of  one  dollar,  for  the  cost 
and  trouble  of  the  Collector,  in  making  such  distress  and 
sale  ; and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Collector,  before  the 
sale  of  any  personal  property  so  distressed,  to  gi ve  twenty 
days  public  notice  in  some  Newspaper  published  in 
Georgetown,  of  the  time  and  place  of  sale,  and  the 
amount  of  tax  due  thereon. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  when  there 
is  no  personal  property*  liable  as  aforesrdd,  for  the  pay- 
ment of  any  tax  chargeable  on  any  lot  or  lots  or  parts  of 
lots,  whether  the  same  be  the  property  of  a resident  or 
non-resident  proprietor,  and  the  said  tax  shall  be  unpaid 
on  the  day  before  mentioned,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Collector,  and  he  is  hereby  required  to  enforce  the  pay- 
ment of  such  tax  by  the  sale  of  such  lot  or  lots  or  parts  of 
lots,  or  so  many  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  and  the 
course  of  his  proceeding  shall  be  as  follows : — he  shall 
advertise  the  property  for  public  sale  in  the  National  In- 


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telligencer  and  in  some  one  newspaper  published  in  each 
of  the  towns  of  Georgetown  and  Alexandria,  once  a 
week  for  twelve  successive  weeks,  previous  to  the  day 
of  sale,  in  each  of  said  newspapers,  in  which  advertise- 
ments shall  be  stated  the  time  arid  place  of  sale,  the 
number  of  the  lot  or  lots,  or  parts  thereof  intended  to  be 
sold,  the  value  of  the  assessment,  and  the  amount  of 
taxes  due  and  owing  thereon;  and  if  before  the  day  of 
sale,  advertised  as  aforesaid,  the  owner,  his  agent  or  attor- 
ney, shall  not  pay  the  amount:  of  taxes  with  all  costs 
thereon  assessed,  the  said  Collector  shall  sell  the  said  lot 
or  lots,  or  parts  thereof, or  as  many  as  may  be  sufficient' 
to  discharge  said  taxes,  for  cash,  and  to  the  highest  bid- 
der paying  therefor.  A certificate  shall  be  issued  by  the 
Collector  setting  forth  that  such  person  is  the  purchaser, 
and  the  amount  paid  by  him,  and  if  at  the  expiration  of 
twelve  months  from  the  day  of  sale,  the  owner  shall  not 
appearand  pay  to  the  Collector,  the  Mayor,  or  the  pur- 
chaser, the  amount  of  the  taxes  and  costs,  and  taxes  ac- 
cruing subsequent  to  the  sale,  and  ten  per  centum  interest 
per  annum  on  the  purchase  money,  it  shall  and  may  be 
lawful  for  the  mayor,  and  he  is  hereby  required  at  the 
expiration  of  said  time,  to  convey  the  title,  in  fee  simple f 
of  said  property  to  the  purchaser,  by  deed  under  his 
hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Corporation. 

Sec.  5.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  said  Col- 
lector shall  forthwith  pay  over  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Corpo- 
ration, for  their  use,  ali  money  received  by  him  from  pur- 
chasers at  tax  sales. 

Sec.  6.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Collector  at  all  times  herereafter,  when 
payments  are  made  by  him  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Corpora- 
tion, on  account  of  his  collections,  to  furnish  to  the  said 
Clerk  a ‘list  of  the  persons  from  whom  said  collections 
were  made,  and  the  amount  paid  by  each  person  respec- 
tively, and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Clerk  to  record 
the  said  list  in  a book  to  be  kept  for  that  purpose. 


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Bee.  7.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  said  Collector  to  exhibit  a clear  and 
satisfactory  account  of  his  proceedings  in  the  collection 
aforesaid,  and  finally  to  adjust  and  settle  his  accounts  for 
said  collections,  with  the  Clerk,  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  August  next. 

Sec.  8.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  if  by  means 
of  insolvencies  and  other  legal  impediments,  the  said 
Collector  shall  be  prevented  from  collecting  the  whole  of 
the  tax  imposed  by  this  ordinance,  by  the  day  fixed  for 
the  final  settlement  of  his  accounts*  he  shall  render  to 
the  Mayor  and  any  two  Aldermen,  a list  of  the  delinquents* 
noting  thereon  the  amount  of  tax  due  from  each,  with 
the  causes  which  have  prevented  the  collection  thereof  \ 
and  if  the  Mayor  with  the  said  two  Aldermen,  or  a 
majority  of  them,  shall  be  satisfied  therewith,  they  shall 
thereupon  direct  the  Clerk  to  credit  the  account  of  the 
Collector  with  the  amount  of  the  tax  due  from  such  de- 
linquent, or  so  much  thereof  as  they  shall  see  fit;  and  if 
the  said  Collector  shall  have  performed  the  duties  requir- 
ed of  him  by  this  ordinance  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
Mayor  and  the  said  two  members  of  the  Board  of  Alder- 
men, his  bond  shall  be  delivered  up  to  be  cancelled — and 
the  said  Collector  shall  be  allowed  for  his  pay  and  com- 
pensation to  retain  7 and  \ per  cent 4 on  the  amount  col- 
lected and  paid  by  him  to  the  Clerk,  and  no  more. 

Sec.  9 And  be  it  further  ordained , That  when  taxes 
are  due  from  the  same  person  on  more  lots  than  one,  and 
shall  be  offered  for  sale  as  aforesaid,  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Collector  to  advertise  and  sell  for  the  taxes  due 
on  the  whole  number  of  lots  at  the  same  time,  and  for 
the  collection  thereof,  he  shall  be  allowed  but  one  execu- 
tion fee  and  no  more,  and  the  execution  fee  of  the  Col- 
lector in  each  case  shall  he  one  dollar ; which  said  fee, 
with  all  other  expenses  of  distress,  advertisement,  and 
sale,  shall  be  raised  and  paid  out  of  the  property  sold,  in 
the  same  manner  and  at  the  same  time  that  the  taxes  are 
raised  and  paid.  11 


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An  ORDINANCE  regulating  the  mode  of  hiring  the 
slaves  of  non-residents  within  this  Corporation,  and  to 
repeal  an  Ordinance  approved  June  21,  1823. 

Approved  17th  December,  1825. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  all  non-residents  who  may  hereafter  hire  a slave  or 
slaves  within  this  Corporation,  shall  within  ten  days 
thereafter  cause  the  name  and  age  of  each  slave  to  be 
registered  by  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation,  and  obtain 
from  him  a license  for  that  purpose,  for  which  he  or  she 
sn  T pay  as  follows,  viz  : for  each  male  slave  two  dollars, 
and  for  each  female  slave  one  dollar,  which  licence  shall 
be  in  force  for  one  year  only. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  if  any  non- 
resident as  aforesaid,  shall  hire  a slave  or  slaves  to  do 
labor  or  service  within  this  Corporation  either  by  the 
year  or  shorter  period,  without  first  taking  out  a license 
as  aforesaid,  he  or  she  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a sum  not 
exceeding  five  dollars,  for  each  and  every  such  offence, 
and  any  person  or  persons  who  may  hire  any  slave  or 
slaves  belonging  to  non-residents  for  whom  the  said 
license  or  licenses  have  not  been  obtained,  shall  in  like 
manner  forfeit  and  pay  a sum  not  exceeding  five  dollars, 
for  e ch  and  every  slave  so  hired,  and  if  such  person  or 
persons  shad  continue  to  employ  such  slave,  he  or  she 
shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  two  dollars,  for  every 
month  he  or  she  shall  continue  to  employ  such  slave. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  if  any  resi- 
dent or  non-resident  of  this  Corporation  shall  by  a ficti- 
tious bill  of  s de  or  otherwise  attempt  to  evade  the  pro- 
vision^ of  this  Ordinance,  he  or  she  shall  forfeit  and  pay 
for  every  such  offence,  ten  dollars  in  addition  to  the  other 
penalties  hereby  imposed. 


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Sec.  4.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  Clerk 
shall  be  entitled  to  receive  twelve  and  one  half  cents  for 
each  slave  registered  as  aforesaid,  and  that  all  fines  and 
forfeitures  imposed  by  this  Ordinance  shall  be  recovered 
with  costs  before  the  Mayor  or  any  Justice  of  the  Peace 
of  the  county  of  Washington,  one  half  for  the  informer* 
and  the  other  half  for  the  use  of  this  Corporation. 

Sec.  5.  And  be  it  farther  ordained,  That  the  Ordi- 
nance entitled  u An  Ordinance  for  granting  licenses  to 
non-residents  to  hire  their  slaves  within  this  Corpora- 
tion,” be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 


RESOLUTION  for  the  relief  of  John  Hoye. 

Approved  31st  December,  1825. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  That 
the  Collector  suspend  the  collection  of  the  taxes  claimed 
of  John  Hoye  on  his  own  account,  and  those  claimed  on 
the  property  of  William  and  Francis  Deakins,  for  which 
he  is  agent,  until  further  order  of  this  Corporation. 


A SUPPLEMENTARY  ORDINANCE  respecting  Bil- 
liard Tables, 

Approved  4th  January,  1826. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  the  license  required  for  the  privilege  of  keeping  a 
Billiard  Table  for  profit  or  gain  within  the  Corporation 
be  and  the  same  is  hereby  reduced  to  seventy  five  dollars 
per  annum. 


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Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  if  it  shall 
appear  to  the  Mayor  that  any  gambling  or  other  grossly 
immoral  practices  are  allowed  at  any  licenced  Billiard 
Table,  he  is  hereby  authorised  and  empowered  to  revoke 
gaid  license,  refunding  to  the  proprietor  such  amount  of 
the  license  money  paid,  as  shall  be  in  proportion  to  the 
term  for  which  he  may  be  deprived  of  the  privilege. 


ORDINANCE  regulating  tie  number  of  Police  Officers 
and  Watchmen. 

Approved  14th  January,  1826. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board 
of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetowny 
That  the  Resolution  approved  4th  January,  1826,  for 
reducing  the  number  of  Police  Officers  and  Watchmen, 
and  for  abolishing  the  office  of  Scavenger  be,  and  the 
same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  number 
of  Police  Officers  be  limited  to  two,  and  that  the  number 
of  Watchmen  be  limited  to  four,  exclusive  of  the  captain. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained,  That  Henry  Trun- 
nel  and  Aquila  K.  Arnold  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  con- 
firmed as  Police  Officers  for  the  year  1826,  at  a salary  of 
one  hundred  dollars  per  annum  each,  payable  quarterly. 


A RESOLUTION  giving  assent  to  the  extension  of  the 
limits  of  Georgetown. 

Approved  20th  January,  1826. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  consent  of  the  Corporation  is  hereby  given  to  have 


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the  limits  of  this  town  extended  between  Seventh  and 
Eighth  streets,  so  as  to  extend  westwardly  from  Fayette 
street  three  hundred  feet,  provided. , that  all  expenses  im- 
mediate or  remote,  for  surveys,  alterations  of  plats,  &c. 
incident  to  said  extension,  be  defrayed  by  the  person  pe- 
titioning therefor. 


SUPPLEMENT  to  the  Ordinance  entitled  « An  Ordi- 
nance to  regulate  the  Inspection  of  Tobacco. 

Approved  4th  February,  1826. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , that 
from  and  after  the  passing  of  this  Ordinance,  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Tobacco  Inspector  to  cause  to  be  broken 
in  at  least  five  places,  every  hogshead  of  Tobacco  offered 
for  inspection. 


RESOLUTION  respecting  Wax  Figures. 

Approved  4th  February,  1826. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  Resolution  the  Mayor 
may  license  any  proprietor  of  Wax  Figures  to  exhibit 
the  same  in  this  Corporation  at  the  following  rates — to 
wit,  for  one  month  the  sum  of  ten  dollars,  for  any  shorter 
period  thre&  dollars  per  week,  any  law  to  the  contrary 
notwithstanding. 


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RESOLUTTION  appointing  Judges  of  Elections. 

Approved  4th  February,  1826. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Co  ncil  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That, 
Thomas  Corcoran,  Sen.  John  I.  Stull,  William  S,  Nich- 
olls,  William  Marbury  and  William  Mackey,  or  any  two 
of  them,  in  conjunction  with  the  Mayor,  be  and  they  are 
hereby  appointed  judges  of  all  elections  of  members  of 
the  Corporation  which  may  be  necessary  to  be  hidden 
until  the  fourth  Monday  of  February,  eighteen  hundred 
and  twenty  seven. 


RESOLUTION  to  erect  a Pump  on  Congress  street. 

Approved  11th  February,  1826. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  Clerk  pay  to  the  order  of  the  Mayor  a sum  not  ex- 
ceeding fifty  dollars,  to  defray  the  expense  of  erecting  a 
pump  on  Congress  street  in  the  well  lately  sunk  by  Jesse 
Scott  and  others. 


A SUPPLEMENTARY  ORDINANCE  relating  to 
Hackney  Carriages. 

Approved  11th  February,  1826. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board 
of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown, 
That  the  license  required  for  Hackney  Carriages  to  be 
employed  for  carrying  persons  for  hire  within  the  Corpo- 
ration, be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  reduced  to  five  dollars. 


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An  ORDINANCE  directing  the  mode  of  cleaning  the 
Streets. 

Approved  25th  February,  1826. 

% 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , that 
hereafter  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Mayor  to  cause  the 
paved  and  gravelled  streets  and  public  alleys  of  the  town 
to  be  cleaned  once  in  two  months  from  April  to  Septem- 
ber, and  once  in  three  months  from  October  to  March, 
and  as  much  oftener  as  any  street  or  alley  aforesaid  shall 
require  it. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  for  the  above 
purpose  the  Mayor  shall  hire  such  number  of  carts  and 
laborers  as  may  be  required,  at  fair  and  proper  wages  per 
day,  and  that  the  Clerk  shall  keep  a correct  account  of 
each  item  of  expeuce  attending  the  work  aforesaid,  and 
return  the  same  with  his  quarterly  accounts  to  the  Corpo- 
ration. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained , that  all  the  manure 
and  filth  of  every  kind  taken  from  the  streets  and  alleys 
aforesaid,  shall  be  deposited  in  some  convenient  parts  of 
the  town  to  be  selected  by  the  Mayor,  where  it  shall  be 
sold  to  the  highest  bidder  at  public  auction,  and  the 
money  shall  be  paid  over  to  the  Clerk,  for  the  use  of  the 
Corporation,  the  sale  of  said  manure  shall  be  held  at  the 
following  stated  periods— viz  : in  March,  July  and  Octo- 
ber, and  the  Mayor  shall  give  three  weeks  public  notice 
of  the  time  and  place  of  such  sale. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  it  shall  be 
the  duty  ot  the  purchaser  of  said  manure  to  cause  the 
same  to  be  removed  within  twenty  days  after  the  sale, 
under  a penalty  or  one  dollar  for  each  day  the  same  shall 
remain  thereafter,  and  if  any  person  shall  remove  or 
cause  to  be  taken  away  any  of  the  dirt,  or  manure  de- 
posited as  aforesaid,  except  a purchaser,  he  or  they  shall 


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forfeit  and  pay  a tine  not  exceeding  five  dollars  for  each 
and  every  offence,  one  half  for  the  use  of  the  infoimer, 
and  the  other  for  the  Corporation. 

Sec.  5.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  it  shall  he 
the  duty  of  either  of  the  Police  Officers  when  required 
b>  the  Mayor,  to  direct  and  superintend  the  work  of 
cleaning  the  streets  and  alleys,  and  depositing  the  manure 
and  filth  as  aforesaid,  to  see  that  all  the  persons  employ- 
ed therein  faithfully  discharge  their  duty,  and  to  render 
to  the  Mayor  in  writing  a just  and  fair  account  of  the 
time  each  cart  and  horse  has  been  employed  and  each 
person  has  labored,  and  to  report  to  the  Mayor  any  per- 
son who  shall  not  faithfully  perform  his  duty,  pro- 
vided that  no  horse  or  cart  or  laborer  belonging  to  the 
Police  Officer  so  superintending  shall  be  employed  in  the 
work  aforesaid. 

Sec.  6.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  if  any  Police 
Officer  appointed  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
shall  not  faithfully  discharge  the  duties  hereby  required 
of  him,  and  shall  neglect  properly  to  superintend  the 
work  aforesaid,  or  shall  render  an  unfair  account  of  the 
time,  the  persons,  horses  or  carts  have  been  employed, 
he  shall  for  the  first  offence  forfeit  and  pay  a sum  not  ex- 
ceeding twenty  dollars,  one  half  to  the  informer,  the  other 
for  the  use  of  the  Corporation,  and  for  the  second  offence 
he  shall  forfeit  his  appointment  of  Police  Officer. 

Sec.  7.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  Clerk 
shall  return  with  his  accounts,  the  accouut  of  labor  which 
the  superintendent  is  herehy  required  to  render  to  the 
Mayor,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  pay  to  the  order 
of  the  Mayor  the  amount  required  to  pay  for  said  labor. 

Sec.  8.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  Ordinance 
providing  for  cleaning  the  streets  in  Georgetown,  ap- 
pproved  18th  April,  1818,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  re- 
pealed. 

Sec.  9.  And  be  it  faither  ordained , That  a sum  not  ex- 
ceeding one  hundred  dollars  be,  and  is  hereby  appropri- 


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ated,  to  be  paid  by  the  Clerk  out  of  any  unappropriated 
money  in  the  Treasury,  to  the  orders  of  the  Mayor,  to 
be  applied  by  him  as  compensation  for  the  services' re- 
quired and  to  be  renderable  by  the  Police  Officers  as  su- 
perintendents  aforesaid. 

Sec.  JO.  And  be  it  further  ordained,  That  all  fines 
and  forfeitures  under  this  ordinance  shall  be  recoverable 
before  the  Mayor. 


An  ORDINANCE  fixing  the  Salaries  of  the  Officers  of 
the  Corporation  for  the  year  1826. 

Approved  25th  February,  1826. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board 
Of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown, 
That  the  following  salaries  for  the  year 
the  same  are  hereby  established,  viz : 

To  the  Mayor  at  the  rate  of 

Clerk  of  the  Corporation, 

Police  Officers,  each, 

Clerk  of  the  Market, 

Inspector  of  Tobacco, 

Keeper  of  the  Powder  Magazine, 

Captain  of  the  Watch, 

Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Common  ) 

Council,  J 

Messenger  of  the  two  Boards 


1826 

, be,  and 

$600 

per  anm 

1000 

do 

100 

do 

225 

do 

400 

do 

50 

do 

200 

do 

150 

do 

75 

do 

yearly  by  the 

in  his 

hands. 

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A SUPPLEMEMT  to  an  Ordinance  entitled  “An  Ordi- 
nance respecting  the  Penitentiary,”  approved  31st 
December,  1821. 

Approved  25th  February,  1826. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  so  much  of  the  Ordinance  to  which  this  is  a sup- 
plement as  requires  that  the  Captain  of  the  atch  for 
the  time  being  shall  reside  in,  and  be  Keeper  of  the 
Penitentiary,  be  and  same  is  hereby  repealed  ; and  that 
the  Inspectors  of  the  Penitentiary  shall,  immediately  after 
the  passage  of  this  Ordinance,  appoint  a Keeper  of  the 
Penitentiary,  who  shall  hold  his  office  without  salary  du- 
ring the  pleasure  of  said  Inspectors,  unless  removed  by 
this  Corporation ; and  said  Inspectors  shall  at  all  times 
fill  any  vacancy  in  the  office  of  Keeper  of  the  Penitentia- 
ry, to  hold  his  office  as  aforesaid. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  a room  be  re- 
served in  the  Penitentiary  for  the  accommodation  of  the 
Night  Watch. 


ORDINANCE  declaring  the  fishing  Season  to  commence 
on  the  15th  March  instead  of  the  1st  of  April. 

Approved  7th  March,  1826. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  that 
the  Fishing  season  shall  be  deemed  to  commence  the 
present  year  and  henceforward  on  the  15th  day  of  March 
instead  of  the  first  of  April  as  heretofore,  with  all  the 
privileges  and  subject  to  all  the  penalties  now  in  force. 


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RESOLVE  for  an  Assessment  of  Property  not  hereto- 
fore assessed. 

Approved  20th  March,  1826. 

Resolved , That  James  A.  Magruder,  Thomas  Corco- 
ran and  Daniel  Renner  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  appoint- 
ed assessors  to  assess  the  real  and  personal  property  in 
Georgetown  not  heretofore  assessed,  in  such  manner  and 
subject  to  such  regulations  as  were  prescribed  in  the  Or- 
dinance entitled  “ An  Ordinance  directing  a new  assess- 
ment of  the  real  and  personal  property  within  the  limits 
of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,”  approved  28th  De- 
cember, 1824, 


RESOLUTION  authorising  a Loan, 
Approved  1st  April,  1826. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  Mayor  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorised  to  borrow 
from  the  Farmers  and  Mechanics  Bank,  for  the  purpose 
of  retiring  the  circulation  of  the  Corporation,  a sum  not 
exceeding  five  thousand  dollars,  to  be  paid  out  of  the 
first  monies  which  may  come  into  the  Treasury. 


RESOLVE  respecting  the  Collector  for  the  years  1821 
to  1823  inclusive. 

Approved  1st  April,  1826. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
Messrs.  Jewell,  Hayman,  and  Nixdorff  of  the  Board  of 
Common  Council,  and  Messrs.  Kurtz  and  Bronaugh  of 
t he  Board  of  Aldermen,  be  a Committee  to  obtain  from 


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the  Collector  for  the  years  1821  to  1823  inclusive,  a s eU 
tlement  of  his  accounts,  and  that  they  have  power  to 
adopt  and  pursue  such  legal  measures  as  on  due  enquiry 
may  to  them  appear  necessary  to  secure  to  the  Corpora- 
tion the  payment  of  any  deficiences  of  taxes  due  by  the 
said  Collector  for  the  years  aforesaid. 


RESOLVE  increasing  the  Salary  of  the  Messenger  of 
the  two  Boards. 

Approved  15th  April,  1826. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  twenty-five  dollars  be,  and  is  hereby  allowed  the 
Messenger  to  the  two  Boards  of  this  Corporation  in  ad- 
dition to  his  present  salary,  and  that  the  Clerk  pay  the 
same  out  of  any  fuuds  in  his  hands  not  otherwise  appro- 
priated, one  half  on  ihe  first  day  of  July,  and  one  half 
•pn  the  first  day  of  January  next. 


An  ORDINANCE  for  the  purchase  of  one  or  more  town 
Bulls. 

Approved  15th  April,  |826. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  a sum  not  exceeding  thirty  dollars  be,  and  the  same 
is  hereby,  appropriated  to  be  paid  by  the  Clerk  of  the 
Corporation  out  of  any  money  not  otherwise  appropriat- 
ed, to  the  order  of  the  Police  Officers  for  the  purchase 
of  one  or  more  bulls  for  the  use  of  the  town. 


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An  ORDINANCE  for  the  improvement  of  a part  of 
West  Street. 

Approved  13th  May,  1826. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Comm  n C until  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , that 
for  the  improvement  of  West  Street,  from  Washington 
Street  to  the  eastern  limits  of  Holmead’s  addition  to 
Georgetown,  there  be  collected  by  the  present  collector, 
a further  sum  of  twelve  and  an  half  cents  per  front  foot 
on  all  the  lots  and  parts  of  lots  of  ground  situate  and 
fronting  on  either  side  of  said  street,  within  the  limits 
aforesaid,  the  nett  proceeds  of  which  shall  be  expended 
under  the  direction  of  Daniel  Bussard,  Joseph  Brooks, 
and  Ninian  Beall,  who  are  hereby  appointed  Commis- 
sionets  for  that  purpose,  a majority  of  whom  may  act. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  Collector 
aforesaid  shall,  after  having  given  bond  with  security,  to  be 
approved  by  the  Mayor,  proceed  to  make  the  collections 
aforesaid,  with  the  like  powers,  and  under  the  same  reg- 
ulations and  restrictions  which  are  granted  and  prescrib- 
ed by  the  Ordinance  of  this  Corporation  entitled  An 
Ordinance  levying  a direct  tax  for  the  year  1825,  and 
providing  for  the  collection  thereof,”  approved  17th  Sep- 
tember, 1825,  and  he  shall  pay  over  the  whole  amount, 
except  his  commission  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation, 
on  or  before  the  4th  day  of  July  next,  which  commis- 
sion shall  be  six  per  cent,  on  the  amount  collected  by 
him. 

Sec.  3,  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  collec- 
tions aforesaid  shall  be  paid  over  by  the  Clerk  of  the 
Corporation  to  the  Commissioners  aforesaid,  or  a majori- 
ty of  them  on  their  order,  who  shall  account  for  the  same 
to  the  said  Clerk  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  October 
next,  who  shall  lay  the  same  before  the  Corporation  at 
their  first  meeting  thereafter. 


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RESOLVE  directing  the  collection  of  part  of  the  Taxes 
due  from  F.  Fenwick’s  estate,  to  be  suspended. 

Approved  3d  June,  1826. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That, 
the  Collector  be,  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  suspend 
so  much  of  the  collection  of  the  (axes  due  from  the 
estate  of  Francis  Fenwick,  as  amounts  to  the  account  of 
said  estate  against  the  Corporation — the  amount  of  said 
account  being  five  dollars. 


RESOLVE  for  the  purchase  of  Engine  Hose. 

Approved  3d  June,  1826. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  Mayor  be,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  purchase 
for  the  use  of  the  town,  five  hundred  feet  of  Engine 
Hose,  at  a price  not  exceeding  sixty-five  cents  per  foot, 
and  that  the  Clerk  pay  for  the  same  to  the  order  of  the 
Mayor,  out  of  any  funds  in  his  hands  not  otherwise  ap- 
propriated. 

And  be  it  further  resolved , That  a further  sum  of  Fifty 
Dollars  be,  and  is  hereby  appropriated  to  defray  the  ne- 
cessary expenses  of  freight  of  the  same,  and  for  provid- 
ing a suitable  place  for  the  keeping  thereof,  to  be  paid 
also  by  the  Clerk  to  the  order  of  the  Mayor. 


An  ORDINANCE  for  building  an  additional  Tobacco 
Warehouse. 

Approved  3d  June,  1826. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown > 


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That  John  Laird,  Walter  Smith,  John  Kurtz,  Joseph 
Brooks  and  John  Baker  be,  and  they  are  hereby  appoint- 
ed Commissioners  to  cause  to  be  built  an  additional  To- 
bacco Warehouse,  on  the  warehouse  lot,  of  such  dimen- 
sions as  they  may  deem  expedient,  with  suitable  fixtures 
provided  that  the  whole  cost  thereof  shall  not  exceed  two 
thousand  dollars. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  to  defray 
the  cost  thereof,  a sum  not  exceeding  two  thousand  dol- 
lars be  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated,  to  be  paid 
by  the  Clerk  out  of  any  unappropriated  money  in  the 
treasury,  to  the  order  of  a mojority  of  said  commission- 
ers, who  shall  determine  upon  the  proposals  offered,  and 
enter  into  such  contracts  for  the  building  said  addition 
as  to  them  shall  appear  most  to  the  advantage  of  the 
town,  and  forthwith  to  commence  and  complete  the  same 
and  who  are  required  to  settle  their  accounts  for  the  same 
on  or  before  the  first  day  of  September  next 


A SUPPLEMENT  to  the  Ordinance  entitled  “An  Or- 
dinance directing  the  mode  of  cleaning  the  Streets,” 
approved  26th  February,  1826. 

Approved  17th  June,  1826. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board 
of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown y 
That  the  manure  and  filth  now  collected,  or  such  as  shall 
hereafter  be  collected  in  cleaning  the  streets  and  alleys 
of  the  town,  may  be  sold  either  at  public  or  private  sale, 
at  such  times  and  upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as 
shall  be  prescribed  by  the  Police  Officer  superintending 
the  work,  under  the  direction  of  the  Mayor — any  thing 
in  the  Ordinance  to  which  this  is  a supplement  to  the 
contrary  notwithstanding. 


RESOLUTION  repealing  the  Ordinance  for  building  an 
additional  Tobacco  Warehouse. 

Approved  5th  August,  1826. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  the  Ordinance  entitled  u An  Ordinance  for  building 
an  additional  Tobacco  Warehouse,”  approved  the  third 
day  of  June  1826,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 


RESOLUTION  authorizing  an  addition  to  the  Tobacco 
Warehouse  to  be  built. 

Approved  5th  August,  1826. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  bf  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  Mayor  be  and  is  hereby  authorised  and  required  to 
have  forthwith  erected,  as  an  addition  to  the  Tobacco 
Warehouse,  two  Sheds,  one  on  the  south  side  of  the  pre- 
sent Warehouse,  and  one  on  the  west  side  of  the  whole 
length  of  the  same,  to  be  covered  with  good  shingles, 
and  secured  at  the  ends  by  gates  with  proper  fastenings  ; 
and  otherwise  arranged  so  as  to  make  them  places  of 
safety  for  storing  Tobacco,  when  necessary  to  be  used 
as  such. 

Sec.  2.  Aud  be  it  further  resolved , That  for  defraying 
the  expenses  of  the  aforesaid  improvement,  there  be, 
and  is  hereby  appropriated  a snm  not  exceeding  four 
hundred  dollars,  to  be  paid  by  the  Clerk  to  the  orders  of 
the  Mayor,  out  of  any  unappropriated  money  in  the 
Treasury ; and  which  shall  be  accounted  for  the  usual 
way  by  account,  with  proper  vouchers,  on  or  before  the 
first  Monday  in  December  next,  to  be  then  submit-; 
ted  by  the  Clerk  to  the  Corporation  with  his  quarterly 
accounts. 


RESOLUTION  increasing  the  number  of  the  Change 
Committee. 

Approved  5th  August,  1826. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com  •< 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  Change  Committee  shall  hereafter  consist  of  five 
members,  two  from  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  and  three 
from  the  Board  of  Common  Council ; and  that  Jere.  W. 
Bronaugh  and  Thomas  Turner  be  added  to  said  Commit- 
tee ; any  two  members  of  which  shall  be  competent  to 
act. 


An  ORDINANCE  for  making  a Free  Road  to  Mont* 
gomery  County,  in  the  State  of  Maryland. 

Approved  5th  August,  1826. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  a sum  not  exceeding  one  thousand  dollars  be,  arid 
the  same  is  hereby,  appropriated  to  make  a Free  Road 
from  this  Town  to  some  convenient  point  on  the  River 
Road,  between  Tennallytown  and  the  farm  of  George  B. 
Magruder. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained,  That  the  Mayor; 
C.  Smith,  John  Threlkeld,  Daniel  Bussard,  and  William 
Hayman,  be,  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  Commis- 
sioners to  survey,  locate,  and  construct  the  road  afore- 
said, on  such  a route  as  they,  the  said  Commissioners, 
may  deem  most  suitable,  keeping  in  view  the  beginning 
and  termination  as  hereinbefore  described. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  Commis- 
sioners aforesaid  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  authorized  and 
requested  to  obtain  as  early  as  practicable,  the  consent 
of  the  owners  of  the  land  through  which  it  may  be  found 
13 


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most  desirable  to  locate  the  Road  aforesaid,  and  to  pro- 
cure a full  and  complete  legal  surrender  of  so  much  of 
the  land  aforesaid  as  they,  the  said  Commissioners,  may 
deem  sufficient  for  the  purpose  aforesaid. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  aforesaid 
sum  of  one  thousand  dollars,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall 
not  be  expended  for  the  purpose  aforesaid  until  the  Com- 
missioners aforesaid  shall  have  succeeded  in  procuring 
such  legal  surrender  of  the  land  aforesaid  as  shall  be  ap- 
proved by  the  Recorder. 

Sec.  5.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  Road 
aforesaid,  when  completed,  shall  always  be  and  remain? 
to  all  intents  and  purposes,  a Free  Road. 

Sec.  6.  And  be  it  jurther  ordained , That  the  Clerk 
be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorised  to  pay  to  the  order  of  a 
majority  of  the  Commissioners  aforesaid,  the  said  sum 
of  one  thousand  dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as  they,  the 
Commissioners,  may  deem  necessary  for  the  purpose 
aforesaid. 


RESOLYE  respecting  William  Thompson,  late  Collec- 
tor. 

Approved  19th  August,  1826. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  Committee  appointed  by  this  Corporation  to  effect  a 
settlement  with  William  Thompson,  late  Collector,  be, 
and  they  are  hereby  instructed  to  institute  suits  on  the 
bonds  of  the  said  Collector,  if  a satisfactory  settlement 
cannot  be  be  obtained  on  or  before  the  first  of  October 
next. 


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An  ORDINANCE  respecting  the  Penitentiary, 
Approved  19th  August,  1826. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , that 
so  much  of  the  second  section  of  “An  Ordinance  res- 
pecting the  Penitentiary,”  approved  December  31,1821, 
as  provides  that  the  Keeper  of  the  Penitentiary  shall  not 
be  entitled  to  receive  any  pay  or  compensation  for  the 
care  of  such  disorderly  and  suspicious  persons  as  may  be 
lodged  by  the  Watch  in  the  Penitentiary,  be,  and  the 
same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  all  persons 
taken  up  by  the  Watch  and  confined  in  the  Penitentiary, 
shall  be  liable  to,  and  pay  the  same  fees  and  charges,  as 
those  committed  by  the  Police,  unless  the  same  shall  be 
remitted  by  the  Mayor  or  Justice  of  the  Peace  by  whom 
such  persons  shall  be  discharged. 


An  ORDINANCE  levying  a direct  Tax  for  the  Year 
1826,  and  providing  for  the  Collection  thereof. 

Approved  19th  August,  1826. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  there  shall  be  and  hereby  is  levied  a direct  tax,  of 
twenty  cents  on  every  hundred  dollars  worth  of  real  and 
personal  property  within  the  limits  of  this  Corporation, 
as  ascertained  and  valued  under  the  authority  of  the 
Corporation. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  said  Tax 
shall  be  collected  by  John  Holtzman  the  present  Collec- 
tor, who,  before  he  enters  upon  the  duties  required  of 
him  by  this  Ordinance,  shall  give  a bond  and  security  to 


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te  approved  by  the  Mayor,  and  any  two  Aldermen,  iq 
the  penal  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars , conditioned  for 
the  due  and  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  required  of 
him  by  this  Ordinance,  and  for  the  punctual  payment  of 
the  monies  which  he  may  collect,  or  for  which  he  may 
be  liable  under  the  same — That  he  shall  within  sixty  days 
after  the  passage  of  this  Ordinance,  make  out  an  account 
for  the  amount  of  the  tax  chargeable  on  all  real  and  per- 
sonal property  under  this  Ordinance,  and  shall  within 
the  last  abovementioned  period,  deliver  the  same  respec- 
tively to  the  proprietors  pf  the  said  property,  if  he  or  she 
be  a resident  within  the  limits  of  the  Town,  and  demand 
payment  thereof ; and  when  any  proprietor  shall  be  a non 
resident,  the  Collector  shall  deliver  the  said  accounts 
respectively,  in  the  case  of  real  property,  to  the  tenant  or 
occupant  of  the  lot  or  lots  on  which  the  same  may  be 
chargeable,  if  such  property  be  let  or  occupied  ; and  in 
the  case  of  personal  property,  to  the  person  or  persons  in 
whose  use  or  possession  the  same  may  be,  and  demand 
payment  of  the  same  from  such  tenant,  occupant,  or 
possessor,  in  the  same  manner  and  within  the  same  period. 

Sec.  3.  dlnd  be  it  further  ordained , That  in  every 
instance  in  which  any  tax  chargeable  under  this  Ordi- 
nance shall  be  unpaid  by  the  first  day  of  October  next, 
the  said  account  having  been  presented  and  payment  de- 
manded as  is  herein  before  required,  the  said  Collector  is 
hereby  authorised  and  required  to  proceed  to  enforce 
the  payment  of  said  tax,  by  distress  and  sale  of  any  per- 
sonal property  belonging  to  the  person  chargeable 
with  said  tax,  wherever  found  within  said  town,  and 
if  no  such  personal  property  be  found,  then  by  distress 
and  sale  of  such  personal  property  as  may  be  found  on 
the  premises  chargeable  with  said  tax,  except  such  pro- 
perty  as  is  exempt  by  the  Act  of  Congress  extending  the 
jurisdiction  of  Justices  of  the  Peace  for  the  District  of 
Columbia,  in  which  distress  and  sale  shall  also  be  inclu- 
ded and  recovered,  the  sum  of  one  dollar,  for  the  cost 


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and  trouble  of  the  Collector,  in  making  such  distress  and 
sale  ; and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Collector,  before  the 
sale  of  any  personal  property  so  distressed,  to  give  twenty 
days  public  notice  in  some  Newspaper  published  in 
Georgetown,  of  the  time  and  place  of  sale,  and  the 
amount  of  tax  due  thereon. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  further  ordained,  That  when  there 
is  no  personal  property  liable  as  aforesaid,  for  the  pay- 
ment of  any  tax  chargeable  on  any  lot  or  lots  or  parts  of 
lots,  whether  the  same  be  the  property  of  a resident  or 
non-resident  proprietor,  and  the  said  tax  shall  be  unpaid 
on  the  day  before  mentioned,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Collector,  and  he  is  hereby  required  to  enforce  the  pay- 
ment of  such  tax  by  the  sale  of  such  lot  or  lots  or  parts  of 
lots,  or  so  many  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  and  the 
course  of  his  proceeding  shall  be  as  follows : — he  shall 
advertise  the  property  for  public  sale  in  the  National  In- 
telligencer and  in  some  one  newspaper  published  in  each 
of  the  towns  of  Georgetown  and  Alexandria,  once  a 
week  for  twelve  successive  weeks,  previous  to  the  day 
of  sale,  in  each  of  the  said  newspapers;  in  which  adver- 
tisements shall  be  stated  the  time  and  place  of  sale, 
the  number  of  the  lot  or  parts  thereof  intended  to  be 
sold — the  value  of  the  assessment — the  names  of  the 
persons  so  assessed,  and  the  amount  of  taxes  due  and 
owing  thereon; — and  if  before  the  day  of  sale — ad- 
vertised as  aforesaid — the  owner — his  agent  or  attorney, 
shall  not  pay  the  amount  of  taxes  with  all  costs  there- 
on assessed — the  said  Collector  shall  sell  the  said  lot 
or  lots,  or  parts  thereof,  or  as  many  as  may  be  sufficient 
to  discharge  said  taxes,  for  cash,  and  to  the  highest  bid- 
der paying  therefor.  A certificate  shall  be  issued  by  the 
Collector  setting  forth  that  such  person  is  the  purchaser, 
and  the  amount  paid  by  him,  and  if  at  the  expiration  of 
twelve  months  from  the  day  of  sale,  the  owner  shall  not 
appear  and  pay  to  the  Collector,  the  Mayor,  or  the  pur- 
chaser, the  amount  of  the  taxes  and  costs,  and  taxes  ac- 


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erning  subsequent  to  the  sale,  and  ten  per  centum  interest 
per  annum  on  the  purchase  money,  it  shall  and  may  be 
lawful  for  the  mayor,  and  he  is  hereby  required  at  the 
expiration  of  said  time,  to  convey  the  title,  in  fee  simple, 
of  said  property  to  the  purchaser,  by  deed  under  his 
hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Corporation. 

Sec.  5.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  said  Col- 
lector shall  forthwith  pay  over  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Corpo- 
ration, for  their  use,  all  money  received  by  him  from  pur- 
chasers at  tax  sales. 

Sec.  6.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Collector  at  all  times  herereafter,  when 
payments  are  made  by  him  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Corpora- 
tion, on  account  of  his  collections,  to  furnish  to  the  said 
Clerk  a list  df  the  persons  from  whom  said  collections 
were  made,  and  the  amount  paid  by  each  person  respec- 
tively, and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Clerk  to  record 
the  said  list  in  a book  to  be  kept  for  that  purpose. 

Sec.  7.  And  be  it  further  ordained,  That  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  said  Collector  to  exhibit  a clear  and 
satisfactory  account  of  his  proceedings  in  the  collection 
aforesaid,  and  finally  to  adjust  and  settle  his  accounts  for 
said  collections,  with  the  Clerk,  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  April  next. 

Sec.  8.  And  be  it  further  ordained,  That  if  by  means 
of  insolvencies  or  other  legal  impediments,  the  said 
Collector  shall  be  prevented  from  collecting  the  whole  of 
the  tax  imposed  by  this  ordinance,  by  the  day  fixed  for 
the  final  settlement  of  his  accounts,  he  shall  render  to 
the  Mayor  and  any  two  Aldermen,  a list  of  the  delinquents, 
noting  thereon  the  amount  of  tax  due  from  each,  with 
the  causes  which  have  prevented  the  collection  thereof  \ 
and  if  the  Mayor  with  the  said  two  Aldermen,  or  a 
majority  of  them,  shall  be  satisfied  therewith,  they  shall 
thereupon  direct  the  Clerk  to  credit  the  account  of  the 
Collector  with  the  amount  of  the  tax  due  from  such  de- 
linquent, or  so  much  thereof  as  they  shall  see  fit;  and  if 


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the  said  Collector  shall  have  performed  the  duties  requir- 
ed of  him  by  this  ordinance  to  the  satisfaction  of  tj^e 
Mayor  and  the  said  two  members  of  the  Board  of  Alder? 
men,  his  bond  shall  be  delivered  up  to  be  cancelled — and 
the  said  Collector  shall  be  allowed  for  his  pay  and  com- 
pensation to  retain  7 and  \ per  cent , on  lfie  amount  col- 
lected and  paid  by  him  to  the  Clerk,  and  no  more. 

$ec.  9 And  be  it  further  ordained,  Thqt  when  taxes 
are  due  from  the  same  person  on  more  lots  than  one,  apd 
shall  be  offered  for  sale  as  aforesaid,  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Collector  to  advertise  and  sell  for  the  taxes  due 
on  the  whole  number  of  lots  at  the  same  time,  and  for 
the  collection  thereof,  he  shall  be  allowed  but  one  execu- 
tion fee  and  no  more,  and  the  execution  fee  of  the  Col- 
lector in  each  case  shall  be  one  dollar ; which  said  fee, 
with  all  other  expenses  of  distress,  advertisement,  and 
sale,  shall  be  raised  and  paid  out  of  the  property  sold,  in 
the  same  manner  and  at  the  same  time  that  the  taxes  are 
raised  and  paid. 

Sec.  10.  And  be  it  further  ordained , That  the  Collec- 
tor be,  and  is  hereby  authorised  and  directed  to  allow  a 
discount  of  five  per  centum  on  all  general  taxes  paid 
him  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  October  next,  and  of 
three  per  centum  on  all  paid  him  by  the  first  day  of  De- 
cember next. 


Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  Mayor,  John  Mason,  Walter  Smith,  John  Threlkeld, 
Thomas  Corcoran,  senior,  John  Laird,  William  Marbury 
Leonard  Mackall,  Clement  Smith,  Charles  King,  James 
S.  Morsell,  Charles  Worthington,  and  Charles  A.  Beatty, 
be,  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a Committee  to  make 
a:rangements,  and  to  adopt  measures  expressive  of  the 
deep  regret  felt  for  the  death  of  the  illustrious  Jefferson 
and  the  respect  entertained  for  his  memory  by  the  citi- 
zens of  Georgetown. 


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Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  Committee  of  Citizens  appointed  on  Friday  last,  to 
make  suitable  arrangements  to  pay  due  respect  to  ihe 
memory  of  Thomas  Jefferson,  be,  and  they  are  hereby 
requested,  to  adopt  measured  testifying  the  respect  which 
the  Citizens  of  Georgetown  entertain  for  the  virtues, 
patriotism,  and  eminent  national  services,  which  distin- 
guished the  long  and  eventful  life  of  John  Adams. 


@®s!j  sssrsso 


1821  Page, 


An  Ordinance  declaring  that  the  Election  of 
all  officers  of  the  Corporation  shall  be  made 
with  closed  doors.  3 

An  Ordinance  respecting  the  Penitentiary,  3 

J 822 

A Resolution  to  reduce  the  Salaries  of  the 
Watchmen.  4 

An  Ordinance  appointing  commissioners  to  settle 
the  accounts  of  Jacob  Mountz,  late  Collector.  4 

An  Ordinance  for  locating  a Fish  Market,  and 
providing  for  renting  the  Wharf  Property  be- 
longing to  the  Corporation.  5 


An  Ordinance  to  repeal  part  of  an  Ordinance, 
approved  the  10th  of  February,  1821,  enti- 
tled “ An  Ordinance  for  the  better  regulating 
of  the  market  in  Georgetown,’  and  for  other 


purposes.  7 

An  Ordinance  providing  for  the  redemption  of 
the  Corporation  bills.  7 

A Supplement  to  the  Ordinance  relating  to 
Dogs.  9 

Resolve  respecting  the  vending  of  spirituous 
liquors  on  the  fish  wharf,  contrary  to  law.  10 

A Resolution  authorizing  John  Mason  to  re- 
move his  Ferry.  11 

An  Ordinance  for  re-paving  Bridge,  High  and 
Water  streets,  including  Market  Space.  13 

An  Ordinance  levying  a General  Tax  for  the  year 
eighteen  hundred  and  twenty-two. 

14 


16 


n 

1822  Page 

An  Ordinance  providing  for  the  settlement  of 

all  arrears  of  Taxes  due  prior  to  the  year  eigh- 
teen hundred  and  twenty.  19 

A Supplement  to  ihe  Ordinance,  entitled  “ An 
Ordinance  for  repaving  Bridge,  High  and 
Water  Streets,  including  Marke;  Space.”  20 

A Resolution  authorizing  the  erection  of  a 
Fire-proof  Tobacco  Warehouse,  for  the  Cor- 
poration. 21 

An  Ordinance  providing  for  the  settlement  of 
certain  accounts,  standing  open  on  the  books 
of  the  Corporation.  21 

A Resolution  for  the  purchase  of  lots,  and  for 
building  a public  Tobacco  Warehouse.  22 

A Supple  t ent  to  the  Ordinance,  entitled  “ An 
Ordinance  for  licensing  and  regulating  Auc- 
tions within  the  limits  of  Georgetown.”  23 

Resolve  authorizing  a further  loan  to  erect  a 
Tobacco  Warehouse.  25 

A Supplement  to  an  Ordinance,  entitled  “ An 
1823.  Ordinance  licensing  retailers  of  porter,  ale,  & 
strong  beer,”  approved  the  23d  of  December 
eighteen  hundred  and  twenty.  25 

Resolve  for  making  public  a Pump  on  Olive 
Street.  26 

Resolution  appointing  Judges  of  Elections.  26 

A Resolution  respecting  the  new  Tobacco 
Warehouse.  27 

Extracts  of  an  act  of  Congress  entitled  An  act 
supplementary  to  the  act  u to  incorprate  the 
inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Washington”  pass- 
ed the  fifteenth  of  Mav,  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  twenty,  and  for  other  purposes.  28 

Resolve  appointing  a joint  Committee  to  su- 
perintend the  Issue  of  Change.  30 


Ill 


1823 

A Supplement  to  the  Ordinance  respecting* 
Corporation  Bills,  approved  22d  March,  1822. 

An  Ordinance  for  granting  Licences  to  Non- 
residents to  hire  their  Slaves  within  this  Cor. 

p oration. 

Resolve  appropriating  $2250  in  Change  to  the 
Tobacco  Warehouse. 

Resolution  providing  for  the  preservation  of  the 
Records  of  the  Town. 

A Resolution  to  provide  for  extending  the  Pave- 
ment  on  Water  Street. 

An  Ordinance  levying  a General  Tax  for  the 
year  eighteen  hundred  and  twenty-three. 

Resolve  for  opening  the  new  Warehouse  for 
the  inspection  of  Tobacco. 

An  Ordinance  providing  for  the  prompt  Pay- 
ment of  Interest  of  the  Corporation  Stock. 

* F“r,l!t‘r  Supplement  to  the  Ordinance  enti- 
6-4.  tied  “ An  Ordinance  for  licensing  & regulat- 
ing Auctions  within  the  limits  of  Georgetown. 

Resolution  fixing  the  number  of  Police  Offi- 
cers  for  the  year  1824. 

An  Ordinance  reducing  the  compensation  for 
sweeping  Chimneys. 

An  Ordinance  fixing  the  number  of  Watchmen 
for  the  year  1824. 

An  Ordinance  fixing  the  Salaries  of  the  officers 
of  the  Corporation  for  the  year  1824. 

Resolution  appointing  Judges  of  Elections 

Resolve  making  an  Appropriation  on  account 
of  the  Ship  Channel. 

Resolve  exempting  certain  School  Property 
from  all  General  Taxes.  1 * 


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34 

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37 

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41 


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1824  Page 

Resolution  authorizing  the  Mayor  torent  the  Fish 
Wharf.  41 

Resolution  for  Staking  out  the  Ship  Channel.  42 
An  Ordinance  directing  the  Corporation  Depo- 
sites  to  be  made  in  the  Fanners  and  Mechan- 
ics’ Bank.  42 

Resolution  to  provide  for  the  Sale  of  the  Mud 
Machine.  43 

Resolution  respecting  the  Gaug  r and  Inspector 
of  Spirituous  Liquors,  and  the  Flour  Inspector.  43 
A Supplement  to  the  Ordinance  respecting  the 
Penitentiary.  44 

Supplement  to  an  Ordinance  concerning  the  Mar- 
ket, approved  the  13th  July,  1819.  44 

A Supplement  to  an  Ordinance  entitled,  u An 
Ordinance  to  regulate  Weights  and  Measures,  5 
approved  5th  July,  1805.  45 

Resolve  directing  certain  credits  to  be  passed  to 
the  Accounts  of  Jacob  Mountz,  late  Collector.  46 
Resolve  extending  the  time  for  collecting  the 


Taxes  of  1823,  conditionally.  46 

An  Ordinance  respecting  the  Payment  of  Offi- 
cers Salaries.  46 

Resolve  suspending  the  Collection  of  Taxes  due 
from  certain  Persons.  47 

An  Ordinance  to  provide  for  the  Collection  of 
the  Arrears  of  Taxes  for  the  years  1821  and 
1822.  47 

An  Ordinance  levying  a direct  Tax  for  the  year 
1824,  and  providing  for  the  Collection  there- 
of. 50 

A Resolution  for  the  relief  of  John  Pickrell.  54 
Resolve  appointing  a Committee  to  revise  and 
report  an  Amendment  to  the  Charter. 


54 


V 


ljS24  Page 

An  Ordinance  to  provide  for  the  Collection  of 
i he  Arrears  of  Taxes  for  the  year  1823.  55 

Resolve  making  an  appropriation  to  defray  the 
Contingent  expenses  of  the  Boards  of  Aider- 
men  and  Common  Cotrnoil.  57 

Resolve  authorizing  the  expenditure  of  an  un- 
expended Balance  standing  to  the  credit  of 
Olive  Street.  58 

Resolve  for  the  removal  of  the  Tobacco  from 
Lowndes’  to  the  Public  Warehouse.  58 

An  Ordinance  respecting  Dogs.  58 

Resolution  respecting  certain  Notes,  the  prop- 
erty of  the  Corporation.  61 

Resolution  relating  to  the  Rockville  Turnpike 
Road.  62 

Resolution  respecting  Fire  Crackers.  62 

An  Ordinance  directing  a new  Assessment  of 
the  real  and  personal  property  within  the  limits 
of  tiie  Corporation  of  Georgetown.  63 

A Resolution  fixing  the  number  of  Police  Officers 
’25.  for  the  year  1S25.  66 

An  Ordinance  fixing  the  Salaries  of  the  Officers 
of  the  Corporation  for  the  year  1825.  67 

An  Ordinance  to  procure  a Town  Bell.  67 

An  Ordinance  permitting  brick  or  stone  Ware- 
houses, without  cellars,  to  be  erected  on  the 
south  side  of  Water  street,  west  of  Frederick 
street.  68 

An  Ordinance  directing  the  repair  of  a Pump  at 
the  intersection  of  Fayette  and  High  streets, 
and  for  other  purposes.  68 

Resolution  appointing  Judges  of  Elections.  69 

Resolve  appointing  Francis  Lowndes  on  the 
Change  Committee. 


69 


VI 


1825.  P age 

Resolution  for  marking  out  the  Channel,  and  for 

renting  the  Public  Wharf  at  the  foot  of  High 
street.  69 

A Resolution  in  favor  of  John  Logan.  70 

Resolution  in  favor  of  William  Hoyt.  70 

An  Ordinance  to  provide  for  leasing  the  fish 
wharf,  and  supplementary  to  the  ordinance  en- 
titled u An  Ordinance  for  locating  a fish  mar- 
ket, and  providing  for  renting  the  wharf  prop- 
erty belonging  to  the  Corporation,5*  approved 
21st  February,  1822.  71 

An  Ordinance  respecting  the  sweeping  of 
chimneys  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Cor- 
poration of  Georgetown,  and  providing  for 
the  appointment  of  a superintendent  of  sweeps.  72 

An  Ordinance  supplementary  to  an  Ordin  «.nee 
entitled  “ An  Ordinance  for  the  better  regulat- 
ing of  the  Market  in  Georgetown,  and  for  ex- 
tending the  limits  of  the  same,55  approved  10th 
February,  1821 . 75 

A Supplement  to  an  Ordinance  entitled  u An 
Ordinance  for  the  better  regulating  the  Market 
in  Georgetown,  and  for  extending  the  limits 
of  the  same.  75 

Resolve  for  furnishing  the  office  of  the  Mayor 
with  fixtures  and  furniture.  76 

Resolve  respecting  General  Lafayette,  76 

Resolve  respecting  General  Lafayette.  77 

Resolve  making  an  appropriation  to  F S.  Key, 

W.  Jones  and  the  Recorder.  77 

An  Ordinance  for  repairing  the  foot  pavements 
in  Georgetown.  78 

An  Ordinance  laying  a front  foot  tax  on  part  of 
Congress  Street.  78 


vii 

1825  Page. 

A Resolution  providing  for  the  redemption  of  the 
Corporation  Change.  79 

An  Ordinance  levying  a direct  Tax  for  tl  e year 
1325  and  providing  for  the  Collection  thereof.  80 

An  Ordinance  regulating  the  mode  of  hiring 
the  Slaves  of  non-residents  within  this  Corpo- 
ration, and  to  repeal  an  Ordinance  approved 
June  21,  lb 23.  84 

Resolution  for  the  relief  of  John  Hoye.  85 

A Supplementary  Ordinance  respecting  Billiard 
18 id.  Tab.es.  85 

Ordinance  regulating  the  number  of  Police 
Officers  and  Watchmen.  86 

A Resolution  giving  assent  to  the  extension  of 
the  limits  of  Georgetown.  86 

Supplemen  t to  the  Ordinance  entitled  £C  An  Or- 
dinance to  regulate  the  Inspection  of  Tobacco.  87 

Resolution  respecting  Wax  Figures.  87 

Resolution  appointing  Judges  of  Elections.  88 

Resolution  to  erect  a Pump  on  Congress  street.  88 

A Supplementary  Ordinance  relating  to  Hack- 
ney Carriages.  88 

An  Ordinance  directing  the  mode  of  cleaning 
the  Streets.  89 

An  Ordinance  fixing  the  Salaries  of  the  officers 
of  the  Corporation  for  the  year  1826.  91 

A Supplement  to  an  Ordinance  entitled  u An 
Ordinance  respecting  the  Penitentiary,”  ap- 
proved 31st  December,  1821.  92 

Ordinance  declaring  the  fishing  Season  to  com- 
mence on  the  15th  March  instead  of  the  1st 
of  April.  92 

Resolve  for  an  Assessment  of  Property  not 
heretofore  assessed.  93 


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1.826  Paire 

Resolution  authorizing  a Loan.  93 

Resolve  respecting  the  Collector  for  the  years 
1821  to  1823  inclusive.  ' 93 

Resolve  increasing  the  Salary  of  the  Messen- 
ger of  the  two  Boards.  94 

An  Ordinance  for  the  purchase  of  one  or  more 
town  Bulls.  94 

An  Ordinance  for  the  improvement  of  a part  of 
West  Street.  95 

Resolve  direting  the  collection  of  part  of  the 
Taxes  due  from  F.  Fenwick’s  estate,  to  be  sus- 
pended. 90 

Resolve  for  the  purchase  of  Engine  Hose.  96 

' An  Ordinance  for  building  an  additional  To- 

bacco  Warehouse.  96 

A Supplement  to  the  Ordinance  entitled  u An 
Ordinance  directing  the  mode  of  cleaning  the 
Streets,”  approved  26th  Febriary,  1826.  97 

Resolution  repealing  the  Ordinance  for  build- 
ing an  additional  Tobacco  Warehouse.  98 

Resolution  authorizing  an  addition  to  the  To- 
bacco Warehouse  to  be  built.  98 

Resolution  increasing  the  number  of  the  change 
Committee.  99 

An  Ordinance  for  making  a Free  Road  to  Mont- 
gomery County,  in  the  State  of  Maryland.  99 

Resolve  respecting  William  Thompson,  late  Col- 
lector. 100 

An  Ordinance  respecting  the  Penitentiary.  101 

Ad  Ordinance  levying  a direct  tax  for  the  year 
1826,  and  providing  for  the  Collection  thereof.  101 
Resolve  respecting  Thomas  Jefferson.  105 

Resolve  respecting  John  Adams.  106 


